- חֲכָךְ
- חֲכָךְm. (preced.) 1) scab, sore; trnsf. tribulation, visitation. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top; (B. Mets.59b אַךְ, Var. אַף).Pl. חֲכָכִים inflammations. Gen. R. s. 19, beg. (v., however, אַבְאָבִית). 2) cough, catarrh. Y.Snh.X, 29b bot. בתחלה הוא … ח׳ first He causes a cold to enter them; (Tanḥ., ed. Bub., Reh 10 חִיכּוּךְ); Pesik. Asser 97b> הקב״ה ח׳ (insert מכניס בהם); v. וָהּ.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
