- זָרִיז
- זָרִיזm. (זָרַז) 1) = זֶרֶז. 2) = זָרִיר. 3) (adj.) strong, quick; scrupulous; industrious. Snh.70b בן ז׳ a healthy child; Num. R. s. 10 זָרוּז.Tosef.Bekh.VI, 10 אם היה בנו ז׳ if his son is a bright student; Kidd.29b. Pes.50b יש ז׳ ונשכר one is industrious and will be rewarded ; Tosef.Yeb.IV, 8, opp. שפל lazy.; a. fr.Pl. זְרִיזִין, fem. זְרִיזֹות. Pes.4a, a. e. ז׳ מקדימין למצרת the zealous do their religious duty as early as possible. Sabb.20a, a. fr. כהנים ז׳ הן priests are presumed to be scrupulous.Pes.89a, a. e. נמצאו בנות ז׳וכ׳ the daughters proved to be zealous ; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.