- שנק
- שָׁנַק(Shaf. of אנק or חנק), Pl. שִׁנֵּק to strangle, choke. Pesik. R. s. 36; Yalk. Is. 359 ומְשַׁנְּקִין את רוחך בעול and they shall choke thy spirit (curb thy energies) with a yoke. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּנֵּק to be strangled. Pesik. Zutr., Ḥuck., p. 244 ולא היינו מִשְׁתַּנְּקִין בצמא and we should not have been choked by thirst.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
