Jastrow: חָזִיז

חָזִיז, חֲזִיז m. (b. h.; v. חֲזָזִית) 1) cloud with uneven surface (like scabs or swollen lumps), cumulus (which brings rain). Gen. R. s. 13 (allegorical explanation), v. חִזָּיוֹן I. Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ bot., v. preced.—Bab. ib. 9ᵇ.—Pl. חֲזִיזִים. Ib. מאי ח׳ what are ḥazizim (Zech. X, 1)? Answ. פורחות eruptions (defined: ‘a thin under a thick cloud’). —2) [Readings vary between חזיז a. חִזִּין, pl. of חֵז] lichen, used as food (Lecantora esculenta). Erub. 28ᵃ, v. חִזָּיוֹן II.—B. Kam. 119ᵇ כשות וח׳ וכ׳ the law of robbery does not apply to cuscuta and lichen. Keth. 60ᵇ —3) [Readings vary as ab.] young blades of grain used for pasture. Taan. 5ᵃ אוכל ח׳ מן התלמים Ms. M. (some ed. הזיז) eats the young green from the furrows. B. Kam. 58ᵇ bot. [Tosef. Ohol. XIII, 11 שני חזיזין, read: הזיזין, v. זִיז II.]