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חְנָק‏ v.n. suffocation; choking

pl. : chains, choke-ropes Qumran, JLAtg, Syr. 11QtgJob 32.4=39:5 : מן שלח פראה ברחרין וחנקי ערדא מן‏ who set the onager free and who [loosened] the wild-ass's choke-ropes?. TgJ Is52:2 : אִתפְסַקוּ חְנָקֵי צַורֵיכוֹן‏ your necks' choke-ropes have been cut.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 485; Levy Ch-W: 1:270; Cook,Qumran: 88;

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