גּוּזְמָא m. (גּזַם) a figure of speech, hyperbole. B. Mets. 104ᵇ ג׳ בעלמא הוא דקגזים he used only a hyperbolical expression (‘a thousand Zuz’). Arakh. 11ᵃ וסימנך מתניתא ג׳ and thy mnemotechnical sign (to remember who said a hundred and who a thousand) be: the Boraitha (or Mishnah) frequently uses hyperboles. Bets. 4ᵃ; a. fr.—V. הֲבַאי.
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גּוּזְמָא m. ( גּזַם ) a figure of speech, hyperbole . B. Mets. 104ᵇ ג׳ בעלמא הוא דקגזים he used only a hyperbolical expression (‘a thousand Zuz’).…
References
- Jastrow, גָּזַם 1
- Bava Metzia 104b:10
- Arakhin 11a:5
- Beitzah 4a:11
- Jastrow, הֲבַאי 1