גָּזִית f. (b. h.; גזז) hewn stone; wall of squared stones. B. Bath. I, 1, contrad. to גְּוִיל. B. Mets. 117ᵇ; a. fr.—לשכת הג׳ the cell of Gazith, name of a Temple compartment, the seat of the Great Sanedrin. Midd. V, 4; a. fr.—Trnsf. אבן ג׳ (squared stone), a plain interpreter of Bible texts (Midrash). Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXVIII; 2ᵈ vers. ch. XLVI.
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גָּזִית f. (b. h.; גזז ) hewn stone; wall of squared stones . B. Bath. I, 1 , contrad. to גְּוִיל . B. Mets. 117ᵇ ; a. fr.—לשכת הג׳ the cell of…
References
- Mishnah Bava Batra 1:1
- Jastrow, גְּוִיל 1
- Bava Metzia 117b
- Mishnah Middot 5:4
- Avot D'Rabbi Natan 28:9