- זָרַד
- זָרַד(denom. of preced.) זָ׳ זֶרֶד (= עשה חיל) to do valiantly. Yoma 47a, v. preced. Pi. זֵירֵד (to strengthen, accelerate growth; cmp. בְּרָא Af., to trim, nip shoots off. Sabb.XII, 2 המקרסם והמְזָרֵד he who cuts off dry twigs, or young shoots. Ib. 103a, v. preced. Ab. Zar.III, 10 (49b). Tosef.Sabb.9 (10), 16 וזֵרֵד ed. Zuck. (Var. וזירד).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
