Jastrow: זוּזָא I

זוּזָא I ch. same. Targ. I Sam. IX, 8 (h. text רבע שקל).—Kidd. 12ᵃ קום כ"ד בז׳ twenty four Isar went on a Zuz: when the Isar was reduced, קום ל"ב ז׳ thirty two Isar went &c.—Sabb. 66ᵇ ז׳ חיורא a new silver coin; Pes. 74ᵇ, v. זְגוּגִיתָא. Ḥag. 5ᵃ (prov.) ז׳ לעללא וכ׳ a Zuz for provision is not on hand, but for (saving from) hanging it is, i.e. charity often waits for the extremest distress. B. Kam. 11ᵃ (prov.) כשורא במתא בז׳ וכ׳ a joist in town costs a Zuz, a joist in the woods the same, i.e. the cost of transportation has no influence on the price; a. fr.—Pl. זוּזִין, זוּזֵי; also in gen. money. Targ. II Esth. I, 8; a. e.—Ḥag. 9ᵇ. B. Mets. 63ᵇ אי הוו לי ז׳ וכ׳ if I had money. Ib. ז׳ דאינשי וכ׳ people’s money does the brokership for them (with cash in hand you need no broker); a. fr.—Ib. 65ᵇ זוּזָאַי the money due to me.—Keth. 65ᵇ; 67ᵃ ז׳ פשיטי (= ז׳ מדינה) country Zuz, one eighth of the town Zuz (or Tyrian) in value; (v. Zuckerman Münzen, Jahresber. des Jüd. Theol. Seminars, Breslau 1862, p. 6; p. 24).