לְקִי

לְקִי, לְקָאch. sam( Hif. הִלְקָה sickly, broken down), to be affected, disordered, smitten, punished. Targ. O. Ex. 5:14 לְקוֹ (Y. לָקוּ). Ib. 16 לָקָן (Y. לָקְיָין). Ib. 9:31, sq. Targ. Y. I Num. 26:11; a. fr.Tem.4b אמאי לָקֵי why should he be punished?Ib. 5a הא נמי לִילְקֵי let him, too, be punished. Y.Kidd.I, 61b bot. אין מטת מִילְקֵיוכ׳ if it should happen to thee to suffer, it is better that I suffer in thy place; Pesik. R. s. 23–24 הילמי (corr. acc.); a. fr. Af. אַלְקֵי as preced. Hif. Targ. Deut. 12:18 ויַלְקוֹן (not ויִלְ׳). Ib. 25:2, sq.Targ. 1 Sam. 5:6; a. fr.Sabb.113b כיון דמַלְקֵי because it is ruinous to health.Kidd.81a מַלְקֵי ומכריז punished the woman of bad repute and published the cause (for the protection of her children, v. לַעַז). Ib. מר נמי לַלְקֵיוכ׳ why do you not likewise punish and publish?; a. fr.