- עֲקֵי
- עֲקֵי(v. עוּק) to press, narrow in, embarrass. Gen. R. s. 49 מן דהוה חמי ההיא עקתא דהוה עָקֵי ליה (not מאן) when he saw the dilemma in which he (Abraham) had placed him.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
