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עיק   n.m.  distressed person


  distressed person  PTA.  GT D Gen38:25 : עָנֵי צ֯ל֯[ות] עָוקַיָ֯.  TN Gen38:25 : הוא דעני לעיקי בשעת עקתהון  the one who answers the distressed in the time of their distress.  FTV Gen38:25 : הוא אלהא דענית לעייקייא  †.

  sackcloth (see note)  LJLA.  TgEsth2sup7.5-05:1 : ולבישת עיקא ופרעת ית שער רישה  she put on distressed garments and let her head's hair hang wild.

Cf. also s.v. עייק adj.
The example of clothing is almost certainly a scribal error for שקא, "sack"; see the parallel passage in DMordecai: 29.

  
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