1 blossom, flower.

2 shining thing; — ׳צ absolute Isaiah 42:7 +, construct Isaiah 42:6 +; plural צִצִּים 1 Kings 6:18 3t. 6 (on form see Kö^{ii. l, 60}); —

1 blossom, flower, Numbers 17:23 (P; of Aaron's rod); (figurative of man Isaiah 40:7,8 (both ׳נָבֵל צ; "" חָצִיר), compare simile צִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 40:6 ("" id.), Psalm 103:15, and ׳צ alone Job 14:2; נֹבֵל ׳צ Isaiah 28:1 (figurative of Samaria), so probably also Isaiah 28:4 (for ᵑ0 ׳צִיצַת נ; so Marti); מְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים, as ornaments of temple 1 Kings 6:18,29,32,35.

2 shining thing, plate of gold, constituting the diadem on front of high priest's mitre, Leviticus 8:9; Exodus 28:36; Exodus 39:30 (all P). — I, III. צִיץ, see below

II. צִיץ noun [masculine] meaning dubious; only in תְּנוּצִֿיץ לְמוֺאָב Jeremiah 48:9 usually (after AW Ra Ki and others) wings (collective) (compare Aramaic צִיץ wing, fin, Thes Gf and others); **Aramaic צִיץ wing dubious Levy^322b; Aramaic נוֺצִיץ very rare; but note Late Hebrew צִיץ filament, small hair. compare Perles^Anal.46, who reads נוֺצִיץ (wing-) feathers (as in Aramaic); ᵐ5 σημεῖα, whence Gie sign-post, reading צִיוּן, — or נֵס, — (indicating flight).