שַׁחַק

שַׁחַקII m. (b. h.; שָׁחַק) (dust,); pl. שְׁחָקִים clouds, heaven, shḥaḳim, name of one of the seven heavens. Ḥag.12b ש׳ שבו רחייםוכ׳ it is named shḥaḳim, for in it stands a mill and grinds manna for the righteous. Gen. R. s. 13 למה … ש׳ שהן שוחקיןוכ׳ why are they (the clouds) called shḥaḳim? Because they grind the water … like a stomach (grinding the food); Tanḥ. Mick. 1; Koh. R. to I, 7. Ib. איכן … בש׳, v. נָזַל. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18, v. שָׁחַק; a. e.