- חִידְ׳
- חִדְקָא, חִידְ׳I ch. sam( חֶדֶק (b. h.), הֶדֶק m. (preced.) thorn), 1) thorn. Targ. Mic. 7:4.Pl. חִדְקַיָּא, חִי׳. Y.Taan.II, 65b top (ref. to Mic. l. c., v. preced.). 2) חִידְקֵי parts or limbs of a candlestick fastened in their places, opp. חוליות movable limbs. Sabb.46a ed. a. Ms. M. (Ar. חרקי).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.