זִעֲזֵע, זִיעֲ׳ (Pilp. of זוּעַ) to move, shake, agitate, trouble. Ex. R. s. 15, end ז׳ את הימים וכ׳ He stirred the seas up and showed to him (Moses) &c. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ bot. אני מְזַעֲזֵעַ עולמי I will make my world quake. Orl. I, 3 זִיעֲזַעְתּוֹ המחרישה the ploughshare loosened it (the roots of the tree); זִיעֲזָעוֹ ועשאו בעפר he (the husbandman) lifted the tree and placed it in soft earth (v. comment.).
Hithpalp. - הִזְדַּעְזֵעַ,
Nithpa. - נִזְדַּעְזֵעַ 1) to be shaken, frightened. Shebu. 39ᵃ. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ נִזְדַּעְזְעָה החומה the wall was removed from its place; B. Kam. 82ᵇ נז׳ א"י Palestine quaked. Cant. R. to III, 7 מתיראין ומִזְדַּעְזְעִין וכ׳ were frightened and shaken; a. fr. —2) to rise in rebellion. Yalk. Num. 763 שנזדעזעו בני המדינה against whom the inhabitants of the country rebelled; a. fr.—Contracted part. מִזְדַּנְזִין, or מִזְדַּנְדְּזִין (= מזדעזעין). Ḥull. 48ᵃ התלמידים מזדנז׳ בדבר ed. (Ar. מזדנדז׳) the students oppose it. —3) to cause to quake. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 8 אתה הִזְדַּעְזַעְתָּ … אֶזְדַּעְזֵעַ וכ׳ thou hast made thy limbs tremble …, so will I make my world quake, v. supra.