Jastrow: צוֹנָם

צוֹנָם, צוֹנָמָא m. (צָנַם) rock, flint; granite. Y. B. Bath. II, beg. 13ᵇ בצ׳ מותר against a neighbor’s granite wall it is permitted; Tosef. ib. I, 4 ובצונן (corr. acc.), contrad. to אבנים ordinary stones. Num. R. s. 16 הסתכלו … אם של צ׳ וכ׳ observe their stones and pebbles, if they are granite-like, the fruits are fat; Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ 6. Nidd. 8ᵇ (נמצא בה) צ׳ וכ׳ if flint is found in breaking the ground, it is sure to be virgin soil. B. Bath. 18ᵃ דמפסיק צ׳ a granite block intervenes (preventing the roots from spreading over the neighboring ground). Pes. 47ᵇ צ׳ בר זריעה הוא Ms. M. is flinty ground fit for sowing?; a. e.—Y. Kil. VII, beg. 30ᵈ בהדין צלמא (corr. acc.) in flinty ground, opp. רכיכה; v. פִּתְפֵּת.—[Ber. 39ᵃ פת צ׳ Ar., v. צָנַם.]