חִלָּזוֹן, חִילָּ׳, חֲלָ׳ m. (v. preced.) 1) conchiferous animal, snail, oyster, esp. purple-fish, purple-shell used for dying t’kheleth (תְּכֵלֶת). Snh. 91ᵃ ח׳ אחד (ed. אחת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60 a. Ar. s. v.). Pesik. B’shall. p. 92ᵃ ח׳ הזה וכ׳ as the snail grows, its shell grows with it; Deut. R. s. 7, end—Sabb. 26ᵃ (expl. יגבים, Jer. LII, 16) ציידי ח׳ וכ׳ the shellfishers from &c. Men. 44ᵃ. Meg. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. חִלְזוֹנוֹת. Snh. l. c. —2) name of a beetle or locust, v. next w.—Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ. Yalk. Ex. 185; Tanḥ. Vaera, ed. Bub. 19. —3) (cmp. Lat. Cochlea) a snail-shaped piece of a chain, screw. Kel. XII, 1; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 3. —4) an eye-disease, also called נחש. Bekh. VI, 2; ib. 38ᵇ. Sifra Emor ch. II, Par. 3.—[Kidd. 72ᵃ; Yeb. 16ᵇ, v. חַלְוָון.]
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חִלָּזוֹן , חִילָּ׳ , חֲלָ׳ m. (v. preced. ) 1) conchiferous animal, snail, oyster , esp. purple-fish, purple-shell used for dying t’kheleth…
References
- Jastrow, חֲלַז 1
- Jastrow, תְּכֵלֶת 1
- Sanhedrin 91a:4
- Devarim Rabbah 7
- Shabbat 26a:3
- Jeremiah 52:16
- Menachot 44a:2
- Megillah 6a:8
- Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 1:3:3
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 185
- Mishnah Kelim 12:1
- Tosefta Keilim Metsia 2:3
- Jastrow, נְחַשׁ I 1
- Mishnah Bekhorot 6:2
- Bekhorot 38b:5
- Kiddushin 72a:8
- Yevamot 16b:10
- Jastrow, חַלְוָון 1