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צרך (a/o) vb. to be poor, need, be in doubt (→ צורך , צריך ; SA צרך Cowley, SL 55, Sy ܨܪܟ LS 637, MH צרך Moreshet, Lex 312; cf. Ar \*(d.aruka to be poor) Pe. 1. to be poor: ואתון עמי לא תצרכון you, my people, will not be poor TN Dt 28:12; צרכת וזבנת לבעלה she became poor and sold (it) to her husband BB 16b(62); ib. c(22); את[נחת] מן נכסוי וצרך he lost his property and became poor Proc 556:1; 2. to need: a. w. dir. obj.: ולא נצרך לבניה דהגר מצרייתה we won't need the children of Hagar, the Egyptian TN Gen 16:5; נצרוך FTV ib.; מיצרוך אנא למחר כלום am I going to need anything tomorrow? AZ 40d(28) // Sab 14d(26); חד זמן צרכון רבנן נידבא the Rabbis once needed a donation Pes 31b(61); צרכון ישראל למיטרא the Jews needed rain VR 806:5 // BR 304:7; EchR 127:12; בגין דלא מיצרכיניה txet:)מיצר ביניה )^^ גט in order that he have (to write another) document BB 17c(32); b. w. inf.: לא תצרכון למיזף you will not need to borrow money TN Dt 15:6; ib. Num 20:10; בני נווה צרכון למיעבד תעני בתר פסחא the people of GN needed to make a fast after Passover Tan 63d(29) // Ber 9b(32); MQ 81d(60); Ter 46d(37); 3. impers. to be necessary: לפום כן צרך מימר therefore it was necessary to say Pea 20c(27); Kil 31b(61); Svi 39c(27); Sab 13a(54); Sot 19d(11); BM 8a(18); 4. impers. to be in doubt: עד דאנא תמן איצרכת לי while I was still there (i.e. in Babylonia), I was in doubt concerning it Meg 73a(50); Ber 11b(34); ib. 4b(10)[!]; מן דאצרכת ליה חזר ופשטה since he was in doubt concerning it, he explained it again Dem 26b(45); Svu 38d(37)[!]; וקמת כמה דצרכת לרבנן קדמאיי וקשת בידיהון כן צרכת לרבנן אחראי (G) וקשת בידיהון the matter stood (as it was). Just as it was doubtful to the earlier Rabbis and was difficult for them, so was it doubtful for the later Rabbis and difficult for them Bes 60b(53) Af. to impoverish: ותצרכון לאומין סגין you will impoverish many nations TN Dt 28:12 Itpe. to need: אוקר (G) לאסיך עד דלא תצטרך ליה honor your doctor before you need him Bes 66d(23) On pe., mng. 1, v. Yalon, Quntresim 2(1938):15; Kut, Words 78; in mng. 3, צרך is occasionally replaced incorrectly with the more common צריך (e.g. Ber 3c(53); Svi 35b(49); Er 18b(48)); on mng. 4, v. Bacher, Term 2:183. 