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חסִיךְ‏ adj. free; lean

lean, emaciated JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA. TgO Gen41:19 : וְהָא שְבַע תוֹרָן אוּחרָניָן סְלִיקָא בָתְרֵיהוֹן חַסִיכָן וֻבִישַן‏ then seven other oxen came up after them, lean and in bad condition. TN Gen41:21 : ולא אתודע ארום עלו לגו מעיהן וחזוויהן חשיך היך מה דהוון בקדמיתא‏ it was not obvious that they had gone into their digestive system because their appearance was emaciated just as it was previously.

needy JLAtg, LJLA. TgJ Amos2:7 : וְדִין חַשִׂיכַיָא מַסטַן‏ [MT וְדֶרֶךְ עֲנָוִים יַטּוּ]. Tobit(Med) 16.5 chap 12 : ואסי תרין חסיכין מרעין כותנא‏ he healed two sick needy ones like us.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 217a; DJBA: 475a; Jastrow: 487;

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