יִצְהָר I m. (b. h.; צהר) oil. Sifré Deut. 42. Snh. 24ᵃ (ref. to Zech. IV, 14) י׳ אלו ת"ח שמשמינים וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שנוחים … כשמן) ‘sons of oil’, those are the Palestinean scholars who oil (smoothe) one another in their discussions; Yalk. Zech. 579.
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יִצְהָר I m. (b. h.; צהר ) oil . Sifré Deut. 42 . Snh. 24ᵃ (ref. to Zech. IV, 14 ) י׳ אלו ת"ח שמשמינים וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שנוחים … כשמן ) ‘sons of oil’,…
References
- Sifrei Devarim 42
- Sanhedrin 24a:13
- Zechariah 4:14