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ḥsyk (ḥsīḵ) adj. free; lean
1
free, exempt
Syr
P 1K(1)15:22↗ ܘܠܝܬ ܕܚܣܝܟ‏ : no one is exempt
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abstinent
Syr
Bhchr 483:16↗ ܚܣܝܟ ܡܢ ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ ܕܒܣܪܐ ܘܫܩܝܐ ܕܚܡܪܐ ܘܡܢ ܢܫ̈ܐ‏ : one who abstains from eating meat, drinking wine, and women
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ܚܣܝܼܟ ܡܢ : to refrain from
Syr
AphDem9.184:21↗ ܕܬܗܘܐ ܚܣܝܟ ܡܢ ܚܪܝܢܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ܂ ܪܚܡ ܡܟܝܟܘܬܐ ܘܩܢܝ ܢܟܦܘܬܐ‏ : you should refrain from excessive dispute, love humility, and acquire modesty ; JulSok 177(85):11↗ ܘܚܣܝܟ ܗܘܝܬ ܗܫܐ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܐܫܕ ܕܡܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ‏ : you would now have refrained from shedding a lot of blood
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ܚܣܝܼ̈ܟܸܐ ܕܩܲܝ̈ܣܸܐ : thickets (!?)
Syr
JohEphB 328:8 ܥ̈ܒܐ ܘܚܣ̈ܝܟܐ ܕܩ̈ܝܣܐ‏ : [but read perhaps: ܚܣܝ̈ܢܐ?]
2
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 ; EchR[1]68(21)↗ ולמה חשיך‏ : so why is he emaciated? ; 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 ; BT Pes 48a(35)↗ גריעה חטי̇ חסיכאתא מחטי מעל̇י̇אתא טפי‏ : emaciated wheat is much inferior to high-quality wheat
(1)
lessened, reduced
JBA
BT BM 69b(1)var.↗ זוזי מי איכ׳ טבי ואיכ׳ חסיכי‏ : are there some good coins and some reduced (in size)?
3
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
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JLA, LJLA usually חשׂיך and thus difficult to disambiguate from חשיך
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J. Joosten in (שערי לשון מחקרים בלשון העברית, p. *51 is probably correct in identifying this word with a shin as a hapax in Syriac Ben Sira, but given that the etymon is surely with original śin, otherwise reflected as semkath in Syriac, it must be due to an error by the Syriac "translator" from the original JLA text.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 476[246]DJPA: 217aDJBA: 475aJastrow: 487J. Payne-Smith: 151

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