- שחק
- שָׁחַק(b. h.) to rub, grind, pound. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18 ולמה … שחקים שהן שוֹחֲקִין אלו באלו why are the clouds named shḥaḳim? Because they rub against one another. Gen. R. s. 13, a. e., v. שַׁחַק II. Bets.II, 8 שוחקין את הפלפליןוכ׳ you may grind pepper on the pepper-mill (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.VI, 10a top שְׁחָקָןוכ׳ if he mashed them (the turnips), he must say the benediction , opp. אם בעיינן הן if they are in their natural shape; a. fr.(Yalk. Cant. 988 שחק, v. שָׁחַין.Part. pass. שָׁחוּק; f. שְׁחוּקָה; pl. שְׁחוּקִים, שְׁחוּקִין; שְׁחוּקות a) ground, pounded, mashed. Y. Ber. l. c. ויין לאו ש׳ הוא is wine not a product gained by pounding?; ib. ופת לאו ש׳ היא is not bread a product ?; ib. שאר …אע״פ שש׳ הןוכ׳ all other things, although produced by pounding (like olive-oil ) are ritually treated as if in their natural state; a. e.b) (cmp. שָׁחַף) lean, meagre. Y.Dem.II, beg.22b שחוקה היא (R. S. to Dem. II, 1 שְׁחִיקָא ch.) the fig of Bozrah is stunted. Pi. שִׁיחֵק 1) same; part. pass, מְשוּחָק; pl. מְשוּחָקִים, מְשוּחָקִין rubbed, worn-out, threadbare. Tosef.Men.I, 8; Zeb.18a, v. רָשֵׁל; ib. b; a. e. 2) to curse the memory of a person, v. next w. Nif. נִשְׁחַק to be ground. Ab. dR. N. ch. I נִשְׁחֲקוּ עצמותיו his bones were ground, i. e. his memory is cursed, v. next w.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.