Jastrow: זְמָן

זְמָן m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) appointed time, term, time. Kidd. I, 7, a. fr. הז׳ גרמא, v. גְּרָמָא.—B. Kam. 113ᵃ קובעים ז׳ וכ׳ we appoint (in the summons to appear before court) a Monday, Thursday and Monday in succession. Gitt. 72ᵃ, a. fr. זְמַנּוֹ של שטר the date of the document.—Taan. 14ᵇ, a. fr. בז׳ הזה in our days (after the dissolution of the Jewish common-wealth). Ib. הכל לפי הז׳ all depends on the season (whether it is advanced or retarded, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 400). Ib. זְמַנָּהּ של רביעה the rainy season; a. v. fr.—Pl. זְמַנִּים. Meg. 2ᵃ ז׳ הרבה various dates (for reading the Megillah).—בִּזְמַן שֶׁ־ in the case of, when, if. Erub. VI, 7 אימתי בז׳ וכ׳ in what case (is this said)? When they carry &c. Ib. 6 ומודים בז׳ וכ׳ they all agree that, if some of them &c.; a. v. fr.—בִּזְמַנּוֹ, בִּזְמַנָהּ &c. in its prescribed, due time; חוּץ לִזְמַנּוֹ &c. out of time, beyond its due time. Zeb. I, 1. Ib. II, 3; a. v. fr. —2) festive season (cmp. מִקְרָא, מְאַרְעָא); ‘Z’man’,that section of the benediction on the entrance of a Festival which refers to the return of the festive season (שהחיינו והגיענו לזמן הזה …). Pes. 102ᵇ מדלא אמר ז׳ since he did not mention the benediction of Z’man, v. יקנה"ז. Succ. 48ᵃ שמיני … ז׳ בפני עצמו the eighth day (of Succoth) … is a festive season for itself, requiring the insertion of Z’man; a. fr.—Pl. as above. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ ג׳ ז׳ בבבל there are three festive seasons (idolatrous fairs) in Babylonia. Tosef. Ber. III, 13 חותם ברוך … והז׳ you must close with ‘Blessed be He … who sanctifies the Sabbath, Israel, and the Seasons.—[Snh. 101ᵃ הקורא … שלא בזמנו he who cites a Biblical verse at a banquet out of its context (perverting its sense for lascivious purposes); Treat. Kallah beg.]