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  to save  Syr, LJLA.  TgEsth² 4:14(0) : דלמא דחסכין על דחובי בית אבוך קרבת למלכותא‏  perhaps your have reached royalty so that they might save on account of the sins of your father's house [awkward and dubious!]. to spare, minimize, exempt  Syr, LJLA.  TgProv13:24 : דחשׂיך שבטיה סני בריה‏  he who spares his rod hates his child.   + על‏ : to forgive full payment  LJLA.  TgEsth² 4:14(0) : דמאן {ד}ידע דלמא דחסכין על דחובי בית אבוך קרבת למלכותא‏  for who knows if it might not be that you have come near to kingship just so they might forgive the sins of your father's house.

  (e/a) to lack, become diminished  PTA, Sam, Syr, Man.  TN Gen39:9 : ולא חסך מני כל מה דעם‏  I lack for nothing.

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  to spare  OfA^Eg, Sam, Syr, LJLA.  TgProv17:27 : דמחשׂיך מילוי‏ .

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  to save (?!)  PTA.  TN Gen20:6 : ואתחס{ב}<כ>ת‏ .

  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 210b; Jastrow: 488; Levy Ch-W: 1:272; Tal Sam: 285; DNWSI: 411;

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Derivatives:

ḥswk, ḥswkˀ n.m.   leniency

ḥsyk (ḥsīḵ) adj.   free; lean