Jastrow: זִיקָא I

זִיקָא I ch. same 1) shooting star, or comet. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ.—Pl. זִיקִין, זִיקֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 2, sq. —2) blast, wind, draught (spirit). Targ. Y. Lev. XVI, 22 רוח ז׳. Targ. Job IV, 15; a. e.—Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ ויזדהר מז׳ and let him beware of exposing his ear to a draught.—Ber. 40ᵇ תמרי ז׳ dates blown down by the wind. Ned. 28ᵇ איכא ז׳ נפישא a strong wind is blowing (threatening to mow down the standing crop). Esth. R. to I, 12 פח ז׳ וכ׳ blow a blast into his belly (arouse his anger). Taan. 24ᵃ נשב ז׳ (not נשא) a wind arose (gathering clouds); ib. 25ᵇ; B. Mets. 85ᵇ; a. e.—Sabb. 129ᵃ היכא דכריך ז׳ in a room where the air is turned around, i.e. in a draught.—Gen. R. s. 50, beg. (ref. to כמראה הבזק, Ez. I, 14) כרוחא לז׳ as the wind drives the sparks at a conflagration; [comment.: as the wind shakes the suspended leather-hose, v. next w.]; ib. כז׳ לעננא as the wind scatters the clouds. Ber. 59ᵃ כז׳ על פום דני like the rumbling sound produced by blowing into wine vessels; a. fr.