Jastrow: צִנָּה

צִנָּה, צִינָּה I f. (b. h.; v. צָנַן) polished buckler or cuirass (cmp. סַנְוַורְתָּא). Midr. Till. to Ps. I מנין … ת"ל וכ׳ whence do we learn to include the fourth side (as protected)? We read (Ps. V, 13) ‘as with a cuirass &c.’ Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXV, 2 וכי למגן וצ׳ וכ׳ (ed. Bub.) do I need buckler and cuirass?; Yalk. ib. 722. Tanḥ. Naso, ed. Bub. 27 (ref. to Ps. XCI, 4) צ׳ אני נעשה לכל מי שהוא סוחר בתורה I am a cuirass to whosoever travels about with the Law; Yalk. Ps. 842; Tanḥ. Naso 23. Ex. R. s. 40 (ref. to צנן, Josh. XV, 37) [read:] צנן שהוא צ׳ Jerusalem is surnamed Zenan, because it is a cuirass (the Temple being a protection); a. e.