זִקְנָה f. (b. h.; זָקֵן) old age; frailty. Ber. 39ᵃ ז׳ אין כאן is there not (the claim of) old age here?—Sabb. 152ᵃ ז׳ קופצת עליו frailty of old age will overtake him (prematurely). B. Bath. 120ᵃ מפליג בז׳ extremely old. Snh. 17ᵃ, a. e. בעלי ז׳ men commanding repect for their age. B. Mets. 87ᵃ; Snh. 107ᵇ עד אברהם לא הואי ז׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) up to Abraham’s days, there was no distinction in appearance of old age (v. Gen. XXIV, 1); a. fr.
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זִקְנָה f. (b. h.; זָקֵן ) old age; frailty . Ber. 39ᵃ ז׳ אין כאן is there not (the claim of) old age here?— Sabb. 152ᵃ ז׳ קופצת עליו frailty of old…
References
- Jastrow, זָקֵן I 1
- Berakhot 39a:4
- Shabbat 152a:10
- Bava Batra 120a:4
- Sanhedrin 17a:21
- Bava Metzia 87a:14
- Sanhedrin 107b:17
- Genesis 24:1