- חֹוךְ
- חֹוךְII, חַיַךְ, חוֹכָא m. (חוּךְ II) laughter, gladness, object of derision. Targ. O. Gen. 38:23. Targ. Jud. 16:27; a. fr.Targ. Job 12:4 חיך (ed. Lag. חַיַיךְ).Ber.9b לא פסק ח׳וכ׳ laughter did not vanish from his lips (he felt happy) Shebu.34b מאי ח׳ what is the cause of the laughter?Erub.68b, v. אִטְלוּלָא; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
