- דְּחַק
- דְּחַקI, דְּחֵיק ch. sam(דחקpressed, scarce), 1) to push, squeeze Targ. Jud. 1:34; a. fr. 2) to impel, hurry, press. Targ. Josh. 10:13 (h. text אוץ). Targ. Y. Deut. 15:3; a. fr.M. Kat. 28a דָּחֲקָא רגליהוכ׳ the foot of Bar Nathan is pressing (his predestined term of office has begun). Pa. דַּחֵק to press (a debtor). Targ. Y. Deut. 15:2 למְדַחֲקָא (ed. Vien. למדה׳). Ithpe. אִדְּחֵק, אִידְּ׳ 1) to be pressed, squeeze ones self. Targ. O. Num. 22:25 (Y. אַדְחָקַת, read אִדְּ׳). 2) to be distressed. Targ. 1 Sam. 13:6; 14:24.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.