- צְחִי
- צְחִי(צה׳) צְחָא (to be parched in the sun, to be dry; to thirst. Targ. O. Ex. 17:3 (v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 2 5). Targ. Ruth 2:9 (ed. Lag. צה׳); a. fr.Part. צָחֵי, צָחְיָא; f. צָחְיָא; Pl. צָחְיִין, צָחְיָין. Targ. Is. 21:14. Targ. Ps. 107:35 (ed. Wil. צִיחֲיָא; ed. Lag. צִיהֲ׳). Ib. 5 צָחְיָן ed. Wil. (ed. Lag. צְהִינִין; oth. ed. צְחִינִ׳). Ib. 78:17 צָחֵי (not צְ׳) a. fr.Ib. 68:7 Ms., v. צְחַח.Y.Pes.X, beg.37b סחה וצחא bathed and became thirsty. Ib. (read:) בגין דאנא צחיוכ׳ since I am thirsty, may I drink? Gen. R. s. 98, v. פַּטְפֵּט. Y.Yoma VI, 43d top צָחֵינָא I am thirsty. Ib. צחייא אנא; a. fr. Af. (אַצְהֵי) אַצְחֵי to make dry; to cause to feel thirst. Targ. Is. 48:21 ולא אַצְחֵינוּן (ed. Lag. אצה׳) I suffered them not to thirst. Targ. Job 24:11 ומריהון אֵצְחִיאוּ (ed. Lag. אַצְהִיוּ) and cause their (legitimate) owners to thirst (h. text ויצמאו).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.