זֶרֶד m. (v. זרז) 1) strength, alertness, valor. Yoma 47ᵃ (a metaphor in imitation of Prov. XXXI, 29) כל הנשים זֶ׳ זָרָדוּ וזֶ׳ אמי עלת׳ לגג Ar. (read עלה; ed. הנשים זרדו וז׳ אימא וכ׳ …; Ms. M. זֶרֶז זָרָזוּ אימא, insert וזֶ׳; Ms. M. 2 זריד זרדו וזֶ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) all women have done valiantly, but the valor of my mother excelled them all (a metaphor of careful maternity). —2) (v. next w.) pl. זְרָדִים, זְרָרִין shoots, greens. Tosef. Sabb. IX (X), 16; Sabb. 103ᵃ המְזָרֵד ז׳ וכ׳ he who cuts greens, if for human food &c. Ib. XVIII, 2 (126ᵇ) חבילי ז׳ bundles of greens (young reeds &c., available for fodder); ib. 128ᵃ; Tosef. ib. XIV (XV), 10 זרדן ed. Zuck. (read זרדין, Var. דים …).—Esp. לולבי ז׳ the young sprouts of the service-tree, the interior of which is eaten as a relish. Shebi. VII, 5. Tosef. Sabb. VIII (IX), 9 לולבין וז׳ (corr. acc.); Tosef. Maas. Sh. I, 13; Tosef. Ukts. III, 9; Ukts. III, 4. —3) pr. n. (b. h.) Zered, name of a brook, נחלא דז׳. Targ. O. Num. XXI, 12; a. e.—Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11; Y. ib. VI, 36ᶜ; Sifré Deut. 51 דורד; Yalk. Deut. 874 נחלת דור (corr. acc.); v. Hildesh. Beitr. p. 66.