Jastrow: זְמוֹרָה

זְמוֹרָה f. (b. h.; זָמַר I) 1) vine-shoot, vine-rod. Sabb. XVII, 6 ז׳ שהיא וכ׳ a rod which is tied to a pitcher (to let it down into the well); a. e.—Esp. the rod as an officer’s badge and punishing instrument. Num. R. s. 18 וליתן לו ז׳ and to give him the rod (appoint him an officer).—בעל הז׳ carrier of the rod (among the Romans Centurio, v. Sm. Ant. s. v.). Sabb. 145ᵇ ובעלי ז׳ Ms. M. (ed. ובעל) and Centuriones, v. הֶגְמוֹן. Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ top (rank of officers) בעל האגמון בעל הז׳ וכ׳ cane-bearer, rod-bearer, strap-bearer; Tosef. ib. XV, 7 (variously corrupted, v. Var. in ed. Zuck.). Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIII, end; Yalk. ib. 808. Ex. R. s. 21, end; a. fr.—Pl. זְמוֹרוֹת. Gen. R. s. 31, end ז׳ לפילים vine-rods as food for elephants; ז׳ לנטיעות shoots for future plantation. —2) membrum virile, phallus. Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 10 the Israelites did not know מה טיבה של ז׳ the idolatrous function of the phallus (with ref. to Ez. VIII, 17). Ib. חיכך … את הז׳ Esau giggled and produced the phallus; Pesik. Zakhor, p. 27ᵇ. Num. R. s. 13. Pesik. R. s. 7 בחירופיו … ובז׳ with his (Amalek’s) blasphemies and by throwing up the phallus (taken from the mutilated Israelitish bodies). Ib. זְמוֹרָתָם של וכ׳ the membra of Israelites; Num. R. s. 13 (זַכְרוּתָן).