- צוּק
- צוּקII (b. h.) to be narrow, to be distressed, worry, v. next w. Hif. הֵצִיק to distress, afflict. Snh.104b כל המֵצִיק לישראלוכ׳ whoever persecutes Israel, does never get tired (with ref. to Is. 8:23); Yalk. Is. 282. Snh.94b, v. צָיֵף; Yalk. Kings 237. Sifré Deut. 357 מציקים המְצִיקִין לו oppressors that will oppress him; a. e.V. מֵצִיק.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
