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ṣryk (ṣrīḵ) adj. poor; needy
1
poor, needy
Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man
TN Deut15:11↗ למסכינייה ולצריכיכון בארעכון‏ ; CPA Psalms40:2c↗ ܛܘܒܝ ܡܢ ܕܡܬܒܘܢܢ ܒܡܣܟܝܢܝܐ ܘܒܨܪ̈ܝܟܝܐ‏ : blessed is one who cares for the indigent and the needy ; P Acts4:34↗ ܠܲܝܬ݁ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܒ݁ܗܘ݂ܢ ܕ݁ܲܨܪܼܝܟ݂‏
2
in need of, need to
(1)
w. infinitive : need to ..., must ...
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA
TgJ 2Sam21:4↗ לֵית אְנַחנָא צְרִיכִין לְמִסַב כְסַף‏ : we do not need to take money ; PTBQ 5.b:51[2]↗ דא צריכא לדא ודא צריכה לדא‏ : this (statement) is necessary for that (case), and that (statement) is necessary for this (case) ; FTV Deut25:2↗ ויהויי אין צריך חייבא למילקי‏ : if the sinner needs to be lashed ; PJ Ex16:23↗ ית דאתון צריכין למיפא מחר איפו יומא דין‏ : that which you need to bake tomorrow bake today
(2)
(usually w. _) or relative clause : in need of, requiring
JLAtg, Sam, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen16:12↗ הוּא יְהֵי צְרִיך לְכוֹלָא"בכולא"‏ : he will be in need of everything ; PJ Lev23:42↗ ואפילו זעירי דלא צריכין לאימהון‏ : even the little ones who (no longer) have need of their mother ; TgIChron 28:12↗ וצורת כל דהוה צריך‏ : a diagram of everything that was required
(3)
doubted : see s.v. crk vb.
Gal
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For impersonal usage of the p.p. see the main verbal entry. LJLA examples governing the object with l_ instead of b_ are thus to be seen as scribal errors.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1302[637]DJPA: 469bDJBA: 972Jastrow: 1301Drower/Macuch: 397aJ. Payne-Smith: 484DCPA[Schulthess]: 358[172]DJA: 75b

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