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ṣrk vb. to be in want; to need
GCGt
Gpəˁalto be in want3 senses▶
1
to be in want
PTA, Sam, Syr
TN Deut28:12↗ ואתון עמי לא תצרכון‏ : while you, my people, will not be in want
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p.p. : see s.v. ṣryk adj.
2
to need
Gal, Sam, PTA, Man
PTAZ 40.d:28[2]↗ {מ}יצרוך אנא למחר כלום‏ : am I going to need anything tomorrow? ; TN Num20:10↗ עמה דמלפין מלפניהון די צרכו למילף‏ : the people who teach their teachers that they needed to learn ; Marqe 1.213↗ והן צרכת‏ : if you need
3
to be necessary
Gal, JBA
PTBB 17.c:32[2]↗ בגין דלא מיצר{ב}יניה גט‏ : in order that another document not be necessary for him ; BT Yev 23a(31)↗ הנהו מצרך צריכי‏ : (both of ) those (verses) are definitely needed
(1)
p.p. : (impersonal) :to be necessary for
JBA, LJLA
BT Yev 70a(49)↗ אי התרומה מיצרך צריכי‏ : if התרומה is really necessary ; PJ Gen42:33↗ וית דצריך לכפיני בתיכון סיבו וטיילו‏ : take whatever is needed for your homes' hungry and go off
(1)
(alone) :
JBA
BT Ber 12a(43)↗ לא צריכא‏ : it is not necessary ; BT Šab 64b(14)↗ וצריכא‏ : but it is necessary! [and passim in a talmudic argument, explaining why different mishnaic categories are explicitly mentioned]
(2)
with following infinitive
JBA
BT Šab 148b(36)↗ צריך למימר‏
(2)
to be in doubt
Gal
PTDem 22.b:7[2]↗ ר׳ יוסי דלא שמיע ליה צריכה ליה‏ : PN who didn't hear it (i.e. the tradition) was in doubt concerning it ; PTMeg 73.a:50[2]↗ עד דאנא תמן איצרכת לי‏ : while I was still there (i.e. in Babylonia), I was in doubt concerning it ; PTBQ 2.d:52[2]↗ ומה פשיט׳ לון בנזק שלם ומה צריכה לון בחצי נזק‏ : what is simple for them is full damages while what they are unsure about is half damages
Cˀafˁelto require2 senses▶
1
to require
JBA
BT Nid 8a(38)↗ והא אצרוכי מצרכינ׳ להי ולא דמיין להדדי‏ : do we not, in fact, actually require (both) of them, since they are not similar to each other?
(1)
to make in need
PTA, Sam, Syr
TN Deut28:12↗ ותצרכון/ותזפון/ לאומין סגין ואתון עמי לא תצרכון‏ : you will impoverish (var.: lend to) many nations, while you will not be in need ; LSt.96:6↗ ܠܟܡܐ ܡܢ ܥܬܝܪ̈ܐ ܐܨܪ݂ܟܬ‏ : how many rich people have you impoverished?
2
to wag the tail in a coaxing manner ?)
Syr
KwDW 9:17↗ text not cited : [see note there]
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be in want, needy2 senses▶
1
to be in want, needy
Syr, JBAg
P Sirach 26:28↗ ܥܠ ܓܒܪܐ ܒܪ ܚܐܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܬܡܣܟܢ ܘܐܨܛܪܟ‏ : about a free man who became poor and needy ; IshPs 163(3)↗ ܐܢ ܠܡ ܓ݁ܕܫ ܘܡܨܛܪܟ‏ ; HP Sassoon(1) 100.11↗ ובעי̇נ̇א דאינסיב לגברא דלסיבותא לא נפלא ההיא איתתא ומיצטרכא‏ : I want to marry a husband so that that woman [i.e. myself] does not become poor and needy in old age
2
to have need of
JLAtg, Gal, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Is60:19↗ לָא תִצטַרכִין עוֹד לְנֵיהוֹר שִמשָא בֵימָמָא‏ : you will no longer need the sunlight in the daytime ; PTTan 66.d:23[2]↗ אוקיר לאסייך עד דלא תצטריך ליה‏ : honor your doctor before you need him ; BT Tan 9a(15)↗ לא איצטריכנא לך ולא לאושעיא רב‏ : we would have needed neither you nor PN, your teacher ; PJ Deut1:8↗ לא תצטרכון למיטול זיינא‏ : you will not need to bear arms
(1)
(impersonal): to be necessary
JBA, LJLA
BT Bek 44b(9)↗ שמו׳ איצטריכ׳ ליה בשבתא דריגלא‏ : PN needed it (for urination) on the Sabbath of the festival ; PJ Gen47:12↗ לפום למצטריך לטפלייא‏ : according to what was necessary for the children
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Note that in JBA in the peal only the infinitive and the p.p. are used.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1302[637]DJPA: 470aDJBA: 972aJastrow: 1303Drower/Macuch: 397bJ. Payne-Smith: 484Levy Ch-W: 2:336Tal Sam: 743bDNWSI: 976DCPA[Schulthess]: 359[]

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