- מְעִיקָא
- מְעִיקָאII f. (preced.) oppression, distress (= h. מְצוּקָה). Targ. Ps. 119:143; a. e.Pl. מְעִיקָתָא. Ib. 107:13; 19. Ib. 6 מְעָקַתְ׳; a. e.מְעִיקָא, Part. f. of מְעַק, q. v.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.