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ḥzw, ḥzwˀ (ḥzū, ḥezwā) n.m. appearance; vision

pl: חזוון , ܚܸܙ̈ܘܵܢܸܐ ; const/emph also חזווי ,חזויא , etc. JPA: sing. abs. חֲזֵיו ; sing. det. חֶזְוָוה

1 appearance BA^Dan, Jud, Man, LJLA. Dan7:20 : וְחֶזְוַהּ רַב מִן־חַבְרָתַה it appeared to be larger than its fellow. P Gn12:11 : ܫܦܝܪܬ ܒܚܙܘܐ . (a) aspect Syr. (b) image, look, form Sam.

2 vision (dream, prophetic, etc.) BA^Dan, Qumran, PTA, Sam, Syr, BabMBK, Man. Dan7:7 : בְּחֶזְוֵי לֵילְיָא in nighttime visions. 4Q529.:5 : והחזיתה חזוה I showed him the vision. 1QapGen 21.8 : ואתחזי לי אלהא בחזוא די ליליא . 4QEnastr b 26:5 : חזוא דן this vision. P Gn15:1 : ܗܘܼܐ ܦܬܓܡܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܥܠ ܐܒܪܡ ܒܚܙܘܐ . P 1S3:1 : ܚܙܘܐ ܕܓܠܐ a false vision. P Hab1:1 ; . JBABowl 58.1:8 : חז<ו>י דיממא visions of the day. (a) miracle Syr. P Dt4:34 : ܒܢ̈ܣܝܘܢܐ ܘܒܐ̈ܬܘܬܐ܂ ܘܒܬܕܡܪ̈ܬܐ ܘܒܩܪ̈ܒܐ܂ ܘܒܐܝܕܐ ܬܩܝܦܬܐ ܘܒܕܪܥܐ ܪܡܐ܂ ܘܒܚ̈ܙܘܢܐ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܐ . P 2S7:23 : ܠܡܥܒܕ ܠܗ ܪܒܘܬܐ ܘܚ̈ܙܘܢܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ . P Je32:21 ; .

3 sight Sam, Syr. P Ma1:1 ; . P Mt28:3 ; . (a) eye Sam.

4 pl. idols Sam.

Some of the Qum examples not in clear emphatic context should probably be assigned to an absolute ḥezwā.
The plural is indistinguishable from that of ḥzwn n.m.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 436[224]; DJPA: 194a; DJBA: 444a; Jastrow: 442; Drower/Macuch: 142b, 142a; Payne-Smith: ~1233; J. Payne-Smith: 136; Levy Ch-W: 1:245; Tal Sam: 260a; DNWSI: 357;

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Derivatives:

ḥzwn, ḥzwnˀ (ḥezwān, ḥezwānā) n.m. vision

byt ḥzwnˀ (bēṯ ḥezwānē) n.m. theater

ḥzwnyw, ḥzwnywtˀ (ḥezwānāyū, ḥezwānāyūṯā) n.f. aspect