לָקָה

לקי, לָקָה(to become less, 1) to suffer, be under a disadvantage. B. Mets. III, 12 יִלְקֶה בחסר ויתר he suffers the disadvantages of loss or gain, i. e. he must pay according to the original value of his charge in case of depreciation, or according to the present value in case of a rise in value. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3 בזו מידת הדין לוֹקָה justice suffers under this rule, i. e. it is inconsistent; Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a; a. e.Esp. to be smitten, afflicted with disease (esp. leprosy); (of crops) to be struck (by hail ); to be blighted. Sabb.87b לָקוּ בכורות the first-born (in Egypt) were smitten. Ib. 97a; Yoma 19b החושד … לוקה בגופו he who entertains a suspicion against worthy men, will be smitten with disease; Ex. R. s. 3 אף אתה ראוי לִלְקית בצרעת thou, likewise, deservest to be afflicted with leprosy. Ḥull.55a לָקְתָה בכוליא אחת if one of its kidneys is disordered.B. Mets.IX, 7 לקתה the wheat crop was blasted.Ber.18b שלו לא ל׳ his crop was not struck by hail.Makhsh. IV, 3, a. e. שלא יִלְקֶה הכותל that the wall may not suffer (from the rain); a. fr. 2) (of luminaries) to be eclipsed. Mekh. Bo. s. 1 כשהחמה לוֹקָה when there is an eclipse of the sun; כשהמזלות לוֹקִים when planets are eclipsed; Succ.29a; a. fr.Part. pass, לָקוּי disordered, sickly, stunted. Sifra Thazr., Neg., ch. VII, Par. 5; Neg. X, 1 (expl. Lev. 13:30) דק ל׳ קצר dak means diseased (sparse) and short hair. Yeb.80a כל שממעי אמו ל׳ one born with defective genitals. Tosef. ib. X, 6 קולו ל׳ his voice is abnormal (womanly, thin). Ib. 7 קולה ל׳ her voice is abnormal (manlike; Yeb.80b עבה). Ib. שערו ל׳ his hair is abnormal; a. fr. 3) (law) to be punished with lashes. Macc.I, 1 לוקה ארבעים he receives forty lashes (v. אַרְבַּע). Ib. III, 1 אלו הן הלוֹקִין the following persons receive (thirty nine) lashes. Snh.IX, 5 מי של׳ ושנה he who has been lashed twice (and commits the same offence again); a. v. fr. Hif. הִלְקָה 1) to disaffect, weaken, strike. Ber.18b ברד מַלְקֶה אותו hail will ruin his crops. Sabb.113b מפני שהוא מַלְקֶה because it makes thin (weakens ones constitution); a. e.Part. pass. מוּלְקֶה sickly, broken down. Ruth R. to I, 5 אף הוא משובר ומ׳ he (the messenger) was likewise broken down and sick; Lev. R. s. 17; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 66a>; Pesik. R. s. 17 מְלוּקֶּה (part. Pu.). 2) to punish with lashes, flog. Macc.III, 10 כמה מַלְקִין אותו how many lashes does the court inflict? Ib. 12 כיצד מלקין אותו how is the flogging done? Kidd.81a מלקין על לא טובה השמועה the court orders the flogging of a person for conduct giving rise to suspicion, basing its action on 1 Sam. 2:24. Gen. R. s. 7 אתה מַלְקֵנִי, v. קַבָּלָה; a. fr.