- עֲדַק
- עֲדַק(v. אֲדַק) to be fastened, stick to. Part. pass. עָדִיק. Gitt.78a דע׳ ליה בחרציהוכ׳ Mus. (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. עויק; Ar. עויק, עייק, corr. acc; ed. דערק להוכ׳, v. infra) when it (the letter of divorce) sticks in his belt, and she takes it out. Pa. עַדֵּיק, עַדֵּק 1) to bring close to. Ib. דע׳ לה חרציהוכ׳ (ed. דערק, corr. acc.) when he pressed his loins (the belt in which the letter of divorce was sticking) close to her, and she took the letter out. 2) to seize, overtake. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:45 (ed. Vien. ויערק׳, corr. acc.), v. אֲדַק. Af. אַעְדִּיק to squeeze out, push away. Targ. Prov. 16:28 Var., v. עֲרַק.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.