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dḥq (a/u) vb. to push, to press
GDGt
Gpəˁalto push, to press, to expel3 senses▶
1
to push, to press, to expel
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen25:22↗ וְדָחֲקִין בְנַיָא בְמעַהָא‏ : the sons were pressing in her womb ; TN Num22:25↗ ודחקת ית רגלה דבלעם‏ ; P Lv26:44↗ ܕܚ݁ܩܬ ܐܢܘܢ‏ ; BT Šab 7a(12)↗ דזמנין דדחקי רבים ועיילי לגווה‏ : sometimes crowds push and enter inside ; PJ Num22:25↗ ודחקת ית ריגל בלעם לסייגא‏ : it pushed Balaam's foot against the hedge
(1)
to press upon, oppress
PTA, LJLA
GT A Exod22:20↗ וֶגייוֹרָייָה לא תֶיצערוּן ולָא תֶדחקוּן‏ : you must not trouble or oppress the strangers ; TN Ex3:9↗ דוחקיה דמצרים דחקין יתהון‏ ; PJ Ex3:9↗ דוחקא דמצראי דחקין יתהון‏ : the oppression that the Egyptians were oppressing on them
(2)
to overthrow, subvert
Syr
MiS 511b:19 ܒܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܠ݁ܚ̈ܡܢ ܘܠܐ ܕܚܩ̈ܢ ܠܟܐܢܘܬܐ‏ : with those things that are appropriate and do not subvert justice
(3)
to dismiss
Syr
PsHex 26:9 ܠܐ ܬܕܚ݂ܩܢܝ‏ : [LXX:μὴ ἀποσκορακίσῃς με, but possibly pael]
(4)
מילתא דחיקה : something that causes shortage of funds
JBA
BT Ḥul 132b(9)↗ ^הוה^ לן דחיקא מילתא‏
(5)
p.p. : constricted
JBA
BT Nid 59b(39)↗ בעומד׳ דדחיק להו עלמ׳‏ : when they are standing the space (for the passage of their urine) is constricted
(6)
to press for payment
LJLA
PJ Deut15:3↗ ית בר עממין תדחוק‏ : you should press a gentile for payment
2
+ b_, ˁl : to urge, press to act
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA
TgJ 2K4:24↗ לָא תִדחַק עְלַי לְמִרכַב‏ : do not force me to ride [misunderstanding an idiom meaning do not stop my riding!] ; TN Gen33:11↗ ודחק עלוי ונסב‏ : [=MT וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ וַיִּקָּח] ; PJ Gen33:11↗ ודחק ביה וקבל‏ : he kept pressing him until he accepted
(1)
w. אקים : to force a meaning by necessity
JBA
BT Nid 33a(49)↗ שבקיה לקרא דהוא דחיק ומוקי נפשיה‏ : leave the biblical verse alone since it establishes its own meaning by necessity (and is not subject to contradiction)
(2)
to drive, lead off
Sam
SamTgJ Gen31:18↗ ודעק ית כל קניאנה‏ : he drove all his flocks
3
(without obj.) : to rush on, make an effort, surge
JLAtg, Gal, PTA
TgJ Jud19:22↗ אַקִיפוּ יָת בֵיתָא דָחְקִין לְמִתבַר דַשָא‏ : they surrounded the house trying hard to force the door ; SYAP 6:4↗ דחוקו בתר משועבדי‏ : rush after my enslaved ones ; TN Ex19:21↗ דלא ידחקון קדם ייי‏ : lest they rush toward the Lord
Dpaˁˁelto press down or aside3 senses▶
1
to press down or aside
Gal, CPA
TgO Num22:25↗ וֻדַחַק יָת רִגלָא דְבִלעָם בְכוּתלָא‏ : he pressed Balaam's foot against the wall ; PTNed 38.c:21[2]↗ מכיון {די מרחק}<דו מדחק> וחשר בה קמחא‏ : since he presses down and sifts the flour with it ; CPA Mark5:31↗ ܚܡܐ݁ ܐܬ ܐܘܟܠܘܣܐ ܡܕܚܩ ܒܟ‏ : you see the crowd crowding in on you
(1)
to push away
LJLA
TgQoh3:5↗ עידן בחיר לגפפא איתתא ועידן בחיר לדחקא גפפא בשבעת יומי אבלא‏
2
to expel
Syr
ES1 379:40 ܐܬܐܠܨ ܠܡܐܙܠ ܠܡܕܚܩܘ݂ ܐܢܘܢ‏ : he was forced to go to expel them
3
to press for payment
LJLA
PJ Deut15:2↗ לית ליה רשו למדחקא בחבריה למתבוע אוזפותיה‏ : he is not allowed to press his comrade for payment to demand his loan
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be pushed out, to be pressed2 senses▶
1
to be pushed out, to be pressed
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Num22:25↗ וַחזָת אֲתָנָא יָת מַלאֲכָא דַיוי וְאִדְחֵיקַת עִם כוּתלָא‏ : the donkey saw the Lord's angel and was pressed against the side-wall ; PTSuk 54.b:49[2]↗ ואין אדחקתון‏ ; TN Num22:25↗ ואדחקת לכותלה‏ ; StatNis.57.6↗ ܡ݂ܢ ܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܬܛܪܕܘ ܘܐܬܕܚܩܘ‏ : they were driven and pushed out from the city of Edessa ; GregOr 13 5.1.18↗ ܡܬܕܚܩܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ‏ : we were expelled ; PJ Num22:25↗ ואידחקת לסייגא‏
(1)
to be pressed for funds
JBA
BT Men 51b(45)↗ כיון דקא חזו דקא מידחקא לישכה‏ : when they saw that the Temple treasury was becoming short of funds
(2)
to be oppressed
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam13:6↗ אְרֵי עַקַת לְהוֹן אְרֵי אִדְחֵיק עַמָא‏ ; TgQoh4:1↗ ודאידחקו בעלמא הדין תחות שמשא מן יד דוחקיהון‏
(1)
to be troubled, concerned
Syr
AphDiatess1990 10:25↗ ܒܟܐܢܘܬܐ ܢܬܕܚܩ‏ : he should justifiably be concerned
(3)
to do out of necessity
JBAg
2
to press each other
PTA, JBA, LJLA
TN Gen25:22↗ ואדחקו בניא במעהא‏ ; PJ Gen25:22↗ ואידחיקו בניא במעהא‏ : the sons pressed on each other in her womb
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