Jastrow: זַבְזְגָא

*זַבְזְגָא, זַבְזְגֵי 1) (reduplication of (reduplication of זגא, v. זְגֵי; for inserted ב, v. זַבְלְגָן) nest, brood, hatch. M. Kat. 28ᵇ (in a funeral song) אחנא תגרא אזַבְזְגֵיה מיבדיק (or:) תגרי … דאזַבְזְגֵי מיבדקו (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.; Rashi a. l.) our brother, the merchant, will be judged by the brood he left behind, (or) our brethren, the merchants, will be judged by the broods (allusion to Jer. XVII, 11). [En Yakob reads תגרי … דאזְבוּנֵי מיבדקי our (departed) brethren are merchants who (on crossing the frontier of life) are searched for goods.—Ms. M. 2 דאזַוְקֵי וכ׳ who are searched for the wine bags they carry, v. זִיקָא II a. זוק.] —2) v. זְבוּגָא