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title: זִיז — moving things · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִיז (lemma:זִיז), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: moving things. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. moving things. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִיז

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«זִיז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moving things** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:זִיז · **BDB:** זִיז

### Glosses

the.nipple (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moving things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b4_5d9_5d6/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. moving things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b4_5d9_5d6/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 80:14 coll. moving things (i.e. beasts) (etym. \& exact meaning still rather dub., cf. CheOP 472 and on ψ 50:11; Thes al. √ זוז; De ψ 50:11 comp. Assyrian zizânu, coll. reptiles, DlS 74 f. from a זִאזֵא cf. زَعْزَعَ move to and fro, agitate (cf. זוע); others comp. Assyrian zâzu, abundance v. II. זוז, so even Di Is 66:11; this hardly suits ψ 80:14; 𝔗 זִיזָא worm);—only cstr. זִיז שָׂדַי ψ 50:11 the moving things of the field, as all known to י׳ (‖ עוֹף הָרִים; also in v 10 חַיְתוֹ־יָ֑עַר, etc.); fig. of enemies of Isr. ψ 80:14 (‖ חֲזִיר מִיָּ֑עַר). On Assyrian zîzē, teats, v. RFHarperAJSL xiv (1897–1898), 174.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִיז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b4_5d9_5d6/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 66:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.11/)

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לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽינְקוּ֙ וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֔ם מִשֹּׁ֖ד תַּנְחֻמֶ֑יהָ לְמַ֧עַן תָּמֹ֛צּוּ וְהִתְעַנַּגְתֶּ֖ם מִזִּ֥יז כְּבוֹדָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* so.that you.may.suck and you.will.be.satisfied from the.breast its.consolations her so.that you.may.suck and you.will.take.delight from the.nipple its.abundance her

*JPS 1917:* That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations; that ye may drink deeply with delight of the abundance of her glory.

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