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פָּקַע(cmp. בקעי) to split; to burst; to break forth, escape. Gen. R. s. 32 אינו מספיק … עד שהיא פוֹקַעַת he scarcely beats it (the bad flax) once, when it bursts; ib. s. 34; Yalk. Is. 350. Gen. R. l. c. שאינו מקיש עליהם אחת עד שהיא פוקעת he knocks at them (the bad earthen vessels) scarcely once, and one is cracked (ib. s. 32 עד שהוא שיברם). Y.Maasr.III, 50d top פעמים שהיא פוקעתוכ׳ sometimes it (the fig) bursts under the wheel. Zeb.IX, 6 גחלת שפָּקְעָה מעלוכ׳ a coal that sprang from the altar; אברים שפָּקְעוּוכ׳ chips of limbs that sprang off the altar. Tosef.Par.III (II), 11 פ׳ מעירהוכ׳ if a part of her skin … (in burning the red cow) leaped off beyond the pit. Ib. 12. Yalk. Num. 761 את הפּוֹקְעִין the portions which spring off, v. פֶּקַע; a. fr.Pesik. R. s. 11 או שמא תִפְקַע האוזןוכ׳ (or תִפָּקַע Nif.) or (I would venture to say it, were I not afraid,) lest the ear of the hearer burst, i. e. it is almost blasphemous to say it; (Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 כדי שתבקע אוזן it is enough for an ear to burst). Y.Yeb.I, 2c bot. פקעו ממנה קידושין (not ופקעו) the betrothal rebounds from her, i. e. has no legal effect, opp. חלו עליה.Part. pass. פָּקוּעַ; f. פְּקוּעָה an animal which is ripped open; בן (ה) פ׳ an animal taken alive out of the slaughtered mothers womb. Ḥull.69a; a. fr. Pi. פִּקֵּעַ to cause splitting. Y.Pes.VII, 35b top שלא לפַקֵּעַ תחת הבשר in order not to cause a splitting of the bone under the flesh, v. פֶּקַע. Hif. הִפְקִיעַ 1) to split, break open. Sabb.III, 3 (38b) לא יַפְקִיעֶנָּה בסודרין he must not break it (the egg) over a hot cloth, rashi (oth. interpret.: he must not cause it to crack by wrapping it in a hot cloth and rolling it; v. Tosaf. Yom Tob a. l.). 2) to strip, pluck, ravel out. Bets.31b מתיר ומַפְקִיעַ וחותך may untie (the knot, v. חוֹתָם), or ravel out or cut through; Sabb.146a; Y. ib. XV, beg.15a, a. e. ומַפְקִיעִין, v. פִּקְפֵּק. Succ.V, 3 מהן היו מַפְקִיעִין ובהן היו מדליקין they stripped them (the worn-out belts of priests) and used them for wicks; Sabb.21a בגדי … מפקיעין אותן ומהן היו עושין פתילותוכ׳ they ravelled out priestly garments and made of them wicks ; expl. Y.Succ.V, 55b bot. מפשילים, v. פָּשַׁל. Esth. R. to I, 6 הכל מפקיעין בחבליוכ׳ all make straps (for their couches) of woolen or flax ropes, and this wicked man uses byssus and purple; a. fr. 2) (to cause breaking loose,) to release, cancel an obligation. Yeb.66b sq., a. fr. הקדש … מפקיעין מידי שעבוד consecration (of a pledged object), leavened matter (on the entrance of Passover), and liberation (of a pledged slave) cause a release from mortgage (cancel the mortgage contract). Bekh.5a אין בכור מפקיע בכור a first-born Levite could not serve as ransom for a firstborn Israelite; דיו לבכור שיַפְקִיעַוכ׳ it was enough for the first-born Levite that he released his own consecration (that he needed no priest to be substituted for him); a. fr. 3) ה׳ השער to break up, unsettle the market, to raise prices arbitrarily, create a panic. Taan. II, 9 שלא להַפְקִיעַ השערים in order not to cause a sudden rise of market prices (by creating the impression of impending scarcity). Meg.17b כנגד מַפְקִיעֵי שערים a prayer against those who raise prices (speculating on a coming scarcity).

קִרְקֵש(= קשקש; cmp. כַּרְכֵּש II) to knock, clap, ring. Tosef.Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 אין מְקַרְקְשִׁין לאוכ׳ you must not ring a bell or a clapper for a child Gen. R. s. 12 מְקַרְקֶשֶׁת בקרניה she knocks with her horns (against the rocks); Yalk. Ps. 862 מְקַשְׁקֶשֶׁת; (Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת, v. נָקַש).

קִרְקֵש(= קשקש; cmp. כַּרְכֵּש II) to knock, clap, ring. Tosef.Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 אין מְקַרְקְשִׁין לאוכ׳ you must not ring a bell or a clapper for a child Gen. R. s. 12 מְקַרְקֶשֶׁת בקרניה she knocks with her horns (against the rocks); Yalk. Ps. 862 מְקַשְׁקֶשֶׁת; (Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת, v. נָקַש).

רָתַק(b. h.; cmp. רָתַךְ) to join; (denom. מרתק, v. מַרְתּוֹקָא; knuckles, fist, whence:) רָתַק (cmp. סָטַר) to strike with the knuckles. Tosef.Zab.IV, 1 רוֹתְקוֹ ed. Zuck. (ed. התקו, corr. acc.) if he knuckles him, contrad. to תָּקַע. Hif. הִרְתִּיק 1) to knock. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. בא וה׳ על פתחווכ׳ (not והרחיק) came and knocked at the kings door. Ex. R. s. 33 (ref. to Cant. 5:2) אני ישנה … והקב״ה מַרְתִּיק עליו (not עלי) ‘I (Israel) was asleep after making the golden calf, but ‘my heart awoke, when the Lord knocked at it, … ‘open unto me Ib. s. 27 כשנגלה … שלאה׳ עליה when the Lord revealed himself at Mount Sinai, there was not a nation at whose doors he did not knock, but they declined Pesik. Ạhăré, p. 176a> שאם יַרְתִּיקוכ׳ Ar. (ed. יְרַתֵּק Pl.) if he knocks, they will open for him (if he studies, he will enter into the interior of learning), if for Talmud ; Lev. R. s. 21 ירתק; a. e. 2) (with אחר) to shake the fist at, to rebel. Gen. R. s. 45 כל מי שה׳ אחר מדת הדיןוכ׳ whosoever rebelled against divine justice, did not come out unscathed from under its hands. Pi. רִתֵּק to knock, v. supra. Nif. נִרְתָּק to be joined, welded. Cant. R. to IV, 4 (expl. מתאימות, ib.) אלו שתי … כמין שתים נִרְתָּקוֹת (not נרתיקות) this refers to the two cord-like chains of gold which came forth from the breast-plate, and which appeared like two welded together.

רָתַק(b. h.; cmp. רָתַךְ) to join; (denom. מרתק, v. מַרְתּוֹקָא; knuckles, fist, whence:) רָתַק (cmp. סָטַר) to strike with the knuckles. Tosef.Zab.IV, 1 רוֹתְקוֹ ed. Zuck. (ed. התקו, corr. acc.) if he knuckles him, contrad. to תָּקַע. Hif. הִרְתִּיק 1) to knock. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. בא וה׳ על פתחווכ׳ (not והרחיק) came and knocked at the kings door. Ex. R. s. 33 (ref. to Cant. 5:2) אני ישנה … והקב״ה מַרְתִּיק עליו (not עלי) ‘I (Israel) was asleep after making the golden calf, but ‘my heart awoke, when the Lord knocked at it, … ‘open unto me Ib. s. 27 כשנגלה … שלאה׳ עליה when the Lord revealed himself at Mount Sinai, there was not a nation at whose doors he did not knock, but they declined Pesik. Ạhăré, p. 176a> שאם יַרְתִּיקוכ׳ Ar. (ed. יְרַתֵּק Pl.) if he knocks, they will open for him (if he studies, he will enter into the interior of learning), if for Talmud ; Lev. R. s. 21 ירתק; a. e. 2) (with אחר) to shake the fist at, to rebel. Gen. R. s. 45 כל מי שה׳ אחר מדת הדיןוכ׳ whosoever rebelled against divine justice, did not come out unscathed from under its hands. Pi. רִתֵּק to knock, v. supra. Nif. נִרְתָּק to be joined, welded. Cant. R. to IV, 4 (expl. מתאימות, ib.) אלו שתי … כמין שתים נִרְתָּקוֹת (not נרתיקות) this refers to the two cord-like chains of gold which came forth from the breast-plate, and which appeared like two welded together.

שָׁקַע(b. h.) 1) to be depressed, sink, go down. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot. אם היה חותמה שוֹקֵעַ if the seal on it was engraven, opp. בולט; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 2; Bab. ib. 43b. Gen. R. s. 19 (ref. to לרוח היום, Gen. 3:8) לרוח ששוֹקַעַת עם היום by the (western) wind that goes down with the day. Ib. כל שהיום שוקעוכ׳ the more the day goes down, the cooler it grows. Y.Sabb.I, 3d top אחד צף ואחד שוקעוכ׳ one kind of poison floats, another settles Mikv. X, 1 צלוחית שפיה שוקע a bottle the mouth of which is turned down. Men.103b, v. Hithpa.; a. fr. 2) to sink, let down. B. Mets.V, 7 מששְׁקָעוֹ בכבשן after he let the lime stones down into the kiln (Y. ed. משיִשְׁקַע כבשנו, or משיְשַׁקֵּעַ) when he has filled his kiln). Yalk. Koh. 966, v. שָׁלָה; a. e.Part. pass. שָׁקוּעַ; f. שְׁקוּעָה Bekh.43b, v. חָרַם. Ex. R. s. 1522> והארץ ש׳ במים the earth was submerged in water. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. XV (ref. to פחתת, Lev. 13:55) שיהיו כל מראיה שְׁקוּעִין Rabad (ed. שוֹקְעִין) that all its colors appear lower (v. שַׁקִּיעַ; cmp. עָמוֹק); Yalk. Lev. 553 שוֹקְעִין; a. e.Bekh.VII, 1 ראשו ש׳, v. שָׁקוּט. Pi. שִׁיקֵּעַ to sink, let down. Snh.VI, 4 מְשַׁקְּעִין את הקורהוכ׳ they insert the trunk (of the gallows) in the ground. Y.Shek.V, end, 49b כמה ממון שִׁיקְּעוּ אבותי כאן how much money have my ancestors sunk here (in building that synagogue)!; כמה נפשות שיקעווכ׳ how many souls did thy ancestors sink here! were there no people to study the Law (on whom that money might have been spent)?; Y.Peah VIII, end, 21b. B. Mets.V, 7 Y. ed., v. supra; a. e.Trnsf. to embody in a collection without regard to original wording, to edit, abridge. Y.Hor.III, 48c top; Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c הדא דאת אמר עד שלא ש׳ בו רבי רוב משניות אבל משש׳וכ׳ what you say (that the study of the Mishnah collection is preferable) refers to the time before Rabbi had embodied and abridged most of the Mishnayoth in his edition, but since then, run at all times after the Talmud (where the discussions are quoted in their original form).Part. pass. מְשוּקָּע; f. מְשוּקַּעַת; pl. מְשוּקָּעִים, מְשוּקָּעִין; מְשוּקָּעוֹת. Koh. R. to I, 15 מקצתה מש׳ בארץ part of the boat rests on dry land. Y.B. Mets.II, beg.8b במש׳ בו when the objeot is found stuck in it, opp. בנתון בו when it is seen that it was put there. Gen. R. s. 33 שהיתה התיבה מש׳ במיםוכ׳ that the ark was eleven cubits in the water. Y.Yoma VII, beg.44a זראו של דוד מש׳ שם the seed of David is sunk there (in the family of the Resh Galutha). Y.Sabb.III, 6a top כסא שרגליו מש׳ בטיט a chair the feet of which stick in the mud. Y.ḤagI, 76d top; Y.Peah II, 17a כמה … וכולהן מש׳ במשנה many Hălakhoth have been communicated to Moses from Sinai, and they all are embodied in the Mishnah; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁקִיעַ to sink, let down. Gen. R. s. 68 ה׳הקב״ה גלגלוכ׳ the Lord caused the sun to set before its time. Ib. מה אתה בצאתך הִשְׁקַעְתִּי חמחוכ׳ as I caused the sun to set when thou didst go out Lev. R. s. 21; Pesik. Aḥăre, p. 176a>, לעולם יַשְׁקִיעַוכ׳ (Ar. s. v. רתק: יְשַׁקֵּעַ or יִשְׁקַע) man should at all times sink himself into the study of the Mishnah, for when he knocks, v. רָתַק. Koh. R. to I, 5 עד שלאה׳ שמשו … הזריחוכ׳ before God made the sun of Moses to set, he made the sun of Joshua to rise, v. שֶׁמֶש. Ib. 4 היוצר הזה מַשְׁקִיעַ כבשונו מה שמשקיעוכ׳ the potter fills his oven; what he sinks into it first, is the last to come out; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּקֵּע, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ 1) to be sunk, drowned; to be mixed tip beyond recognition. Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 המִשְׁתַּקְּעִים שוקעים את שוקעיהן those that were to he drowned, drowned those that wanted to drown them. Ruth R. to I, 17 נ׳ … בחליו was three days unconscious I on his sick-bed, opp. נתישבה דעתו he came to. Ex. R. s. 156> מִשְׁתַּקְּעִין בעונותוכ׳ are sunk in sins through the evil inclination. Ib.15> עד שנִשְׁתַּקְּעוּ תהומות until the depths were filled with water. Y.Shek.VIII, beg.51a והיו עולי רגלים משתקאיןוכ׳ the pilgrims sank in blood up to their knees; Men.103b שוקעין; Tosef.Eduy. III, 2 מפקיעין בדםוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (read: מְשוּקָּעִין; Var. מְשַׁקְּעִין את ארכובותיהן). Arakh.6b עד שלא נ׳ שםוכ׳ as long as the name of its owner (that donated it) is not merged (but is still traceable). Kidd.75a עד שיִשְׁתֵּקֵּעַ שםע״א ממנו until the name of idolatry has disappeared from him (until his idolatrous ancestry is no longer traceable). Y.Keth.I, 25d top משפחהשנ׳ בה פסולוכ׳ if a genealogical blemish is mixed up in a family, you must investigate it back to four mothers; Y.Kidd.IV, 65d bot. Ib. מה נאשה ונִשְׁתַּקְּעוּ בהנ גדולי הדור what can we do (with these families), since prominent men of the generation are mixed up with them? Ib. חמשת … וכולם נשתקעו בכהונהוכ׳ Pashhur ben Imer had five thousand slaves, and they are all mixed up with high priestly families; Y.Yeb.VIII, 9d top; (Kidd.70b נטמעו). Tanḥ. Noah 5 the Lord supported Noah שלא יִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ במעשה דור המבול lest he sink down in (the mud of) the deeds of the generation of the flood; a. fr. 2) to settle permanently, be naturalized. Sifré Deut. 301 (ref. to Deut. 26:5 ויגר) מלמד … להִשְׁתַּקֵּע אלא לגור שם this shows that he (Jacob) did not go down (to Egypt) to settle there as a citizen, but only to sojourn there. 3) to be lost in forests, fields Y.Ber.II, end, 5d ובשעה שהוא משתקעוכ׳ but when one is lost, he may even trespass on a field of crocus; (B. Kam.81a תועה). Y. Ber. l. c.; Y.B. Bath.V, 15a bot. וראו … משתקע ובא כנגדן they saw R. J. b. P. having lost his way and coming (through fields) towards them.

שָׁקַע(b. h.) 1) to be depressed, sink, go down. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot. אם היה חותמה שוֹקֵעַ if the seal on it was engraven, opp. בולט; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 2; Bab. ib. 43b. Gen. R. s. 19 (ref. to לרוח היום, Gen. 3:8) לרוח ששוֹקַעַת עם היום by the (western) wind that goes down with the day. Ib. כל שהיום שוקעוכ׳ the more the day goes down, the cooler it grows. Y.Sabb.I, 3d top אחד צף ואחד שוקעוכ׳ one kind of poison floats, another settles Mikv. X, 1 צלוחית שפיה שוקע a bottle the mouth of which is turned down. Men.103b, v. Hithpa.; a. fr. 2) to sink, let down. B. Mets.V, 7 מששְׁקָעוֹ בכבשן after he let the lime stones down into the kiln (Y. ed. משיִשְׁקַע כבשנו, or משיְשַׁקֵּעַ) when he has filled his kiln). Yalk. Koh. 966, v. שָׁלָה; a. e.Part. pass. שָׁקוּעַ; f. שְׁקוּעָה Bekh.43b, v. חָרַם. Ex. R. s. 1522> והארץ ש׳ במים the earth was submerged in water. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. XV (ref. to פחתת, Lev. 13:55) שיהיו כל מראיה שְׁקוּעִין Rabad (ed. שוֹקְעִין) that all its colors appear lower (v. שַׁקִּיעַ; cmp. עָמוֹק); Yalk. Lev. 553 שוֹקְעִין; a. e.Bekh.VII, 1 ראשו ש׳, v. שָׁקוּט. Pi. שִׁיקֵּעַ to sink, let down. Snh.VI, 4 מְשַׁקְּעִין את הקורהוכ׳ they insert the trunk (of the gallows) in the ground. Y.Shek.V, end, 49b כמה ממון שִׁיקְּעוּ אבותי כאן how much money have my ancestors sunk here (in building that synagogue)!; כמה נפשות שיקעווכ׳ how many souls did thy ancestors sink here! were there no people to study the Law (on whom that money might have been spent)?; Y.Peah VIII, end, 21b. B. Mets.V, 7 Y. ed., v. supra; a. e.Trnsf. to embody in a collection without regard to original wording, to edit, abridge. Y.Hor.III, 48c top; Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c הדא דאת אמר עד שלא ש׳ בו רבי רוב משניות אבל משש׳וכ׳ what you say (that the study of the Mishnah collection is preferable) refers to the time before Rabbi had embodied and abridged most of the Mishnayoth in his edition, but since then, run at all times after the Talmud (where the discussions are quoted in their original form).Part. pass. מְשוּקָּע; f. מְשוּקַּעַת; pl. מְשוּקָּעִים, מְשוּקָּעִין; מְשוּקָּעוֹת. Koh. R. to I, 15 מקצתה מש׳ בארץ part of the boat rests on dry land. Y.B. Mets.II, beg.8b במש׳ בו when the objeot is found stuck in it, opp. בנתון בו when it is seen that it was put there. Gen. R. s. 33 שהיתה התיבה מש׳ במיםוכ׳ that the ark was eleven cubits in the water. Y.Yoma VII, beg.44a זראו של דוד מש׳ שם the seed of David is sunk there (in the family of the Resh Galutha). Y.Sabb.III, 6a top כסא שרגליו מש׳ בטיט a chair the feet of which stick in the mud. Y.ḤagI, 76d top; Y.Peah II, 17a כמה … וכולהן מש׳ במשנה many Hălakhoth have been communicated to Moses from Sinai, and they all are embodied in the Mishnah; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁקִיעַ to sink, let down. Gen. R. s. 68 ה׳הקב״ה גלגלוכ׳ the Lord caused the sun to set before its time. Ib. מה אתה בצאתך הִשְׁקַעְתִּי חמחוכ׳ as I caused the sun to set when thou didst go out Lev. R. s. 21; Pesik. Aḥăre, p. 176a>, לעולם יַשְׁקִיעַוכ׳ (Ar. s. v. רתק: יְשַׁקֵּעַ or יִשְׁקַע) man should at all times sink himself into the study of the Mishnah, for when he knocks, v. רָתַק. Koh. R. to I, 5 עד שלאה׳ שמשו … הזריחוכ׳ before God made the sun of Moses to set, he made the sun of Joshua to rise, v. שֶׁמֶש. Ib. 4 היוצר הזה מַשְׁקִיעַ כבשונו מה שמשקיעוכ׳ the potter fills his oven; what he sinks into it first, is the last to come out; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּקֵּע, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ 1) to be sunk, drowned; to be mixed tip beyond recognition. Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 המִשְׁתַּקְּעִים שוקעים את שוקעיהן those that were to he drowned, drowned those that wanted to drown them. Ruth R. to I, 17 נ׳ … בחליו was three days unconscious I on his sick-bed, opp. נתישבה דעתו he came to. Ex. R. s. 156> מִשְׁתַּקְּעִין בעונותוכ׳ are sunk in sins through the evil inclination. Ib.15> עד שנִשְׁתַּקְּעוּ תהומות until the depths were filled with water. Y.Shek.VIII, beg.51a והיו עולי רגלים משתקאיןוכ׳ the pilgrims sank in blood up to their knees; Men.103b שוקעין; Tosef.Eduy. III, 2 מפקיעין בדםוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (read: מְשוּקָּעִין; Var. מְשַׁקְּעִין את ארכובותיהן). Arakh.6b עד שלא נ׳ שםוכ׳ as long as the name of its owner (that donated it) is not merged (but is still traceable). Kidd.75a עד שיִשְׁתֵּקֵּעַ שםע״א ממנו until the name of idolatry has disappeared from him (until his idolatrous ancestry is no longer traceable). Y.Keth.I, 25d top משפחהשנ׳ בה פסולוכ׳ if a genealogical blemish is mixed up in a family, you must investigate it back to four mothers; Y.Kidd.IV, 65d bot. Ib. מה נאשה ונִשְׁתַּקְּעוּ בהנ גדולי הדור what can we do (with these families), since prominent men of the generation are mixed up with them? Ib. חמשת … וכולם נשתקעו בכהונהוכ׳ Pashhur ben Imer had five thousand slaves, and they are all mixed up with high priestly families; Y.Yeb.VIII, 9d top; (Kidd.70b נטמעו). Tanḥ. Noah 5 the Lord supported Noah שלא יִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ במעשה דור המבול lest he sink down in (the mud of) the deeds of the generation of the flood; a. fr. 2) to settle permanently, be naturalized. Sifré Deut. 301 (ref. to Deut. 26:5 ויגר) מלמד … להִשְׁתַּקֵּע אלא לגור שם this shows that he (Jacob) did not go down (to Egypt) to settle there as a citizen, but only to sojourn there. 3) to be lost in forests, fields Y.Ber.II, end, 5d ובשעה שהוא משתקעוכ׳ but when one is lost, he may even trespass on a field of crocus; (B. Kam.81a תועה). Y. Ber. l. c.; Y.B. Bath.V, 15a bot. וראו … משתקע ובא כנגדן they saw R. J. b. P. having lost his way and coming (through fields) towards them.

תְּזָזִיתf. (זוּז) shaking, perturbation (v. P. Sm. 4416 s. v. תו) רוח ת׳ demon of restlessness, epilepsy, madness. Pesik. Par., p. 40a>, sq.; Pesik. R. s. 14; Num. R. s. 198>; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 8 ח׳ (corr. acc.); ed. Bub. 26. Y.Yoma VIII, 45b top רוח ח׳ עולה עליו (corr. acc.) the demon tzazith enters into him (the mad dog). Gen. R. s. 12 הקב״ה … רוח(של)ת׳וכ׳ God causes the demon tzazith to enter into her (the hind), and she knocks (v. קִרְקֵש); Yalk. Ps. 862; Midr. Sam. ch. IX ריח תאות (corr. acc.); a. e.

תְּזָזִיתf. (זוּז) shaking, perturbation (v. P. Sm. 4416 s. v. תו) רוח ת׳ demon of restlessness, epilepsy, madness. Pesik. Par., p. 40a>, sq.; Pesik. R. s. 14; Num. R. s. 198>; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 8 ח׳ (corr. acc.); ed. Bub. 26. Y.Yoma VIII, 45b top רוח ח׳ עולה עליו (corr. acc.) the demon tzazith enters into him (the mad dog). Gen. R. s. 12 הקב״ה … רוח(של)ת׳וכ׳ God causes the demon tzazith to enter into her (the hind), and she knocks (v. קִרְקֵש); Yalk. Ps. 862; Midr. Sam. ch. IX ריח תאות (corr. acc.); a. e.