Jastrow: צְנִיעוּת

צְנִיעוּת f. (preced.) 1) secrecy, retirement. Cant. R. to III, 4 (ref. to Is. XLVII, 2) פרשי צְנִיעוּתֵךְ וכ׳ uncover thy secret, that means the (Babylonian) king that is kept behind seven enclosures. Num. R. s. 1 יפה היא הצ׳ the privacy (in the Tabernacle) is becoming; a. e.— discretion, chastity, decency, piety. Meg. 13ᵇ בשכר צ׳ … ברחל וכ׳ as a reward for Rachel’s discretion Saul was her descendant. Ib. ומה צ׳ היתה וכ׳ and wherein consisted Rachel’s discretion? Erub. 100ᵇ אילמלא … צ׳ מחתול if the Law had not been given to us, we might have learned decency from the cat; a. e.