Jastrow: זִיהֲרָא II

זִיהֲרָא II, (זַהֲרָא m. Ar.) (זהר, cmp. זהה a. זהם) [a glittering substance,] 1) gall (cmp. Syr. זהרא P. Sm. 1091, זהירא acerbus, ib. 1090); trnsf. anger, injured pride. Gitt. 45ᵇ אימליא ז׳ she was filled with gall (anger). Ber. 51ᵇ —2) venom, a fatal substance discharged by animals of prey on attacking. Ab. Zar. 30ᵇ זִיהֲרֵיה חליש Ms. M. (ed. זיהרא קליש) its (the serpent’s) poison grows weaker with old age. Ḥull. 53ᵃ שדי זיהריה it discharges its venom. Ib. 52ᵇ ז׳ אית ליה … זיהריה it issues a fluid but its discharge does not burn. Nidd. 55ᵇ נהי דז׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. דזהי׳, corr. acc.) though the poison is removed from the body (through the secretion of the nose), the fluid itself (put in the eye) is not removed.