חֲנַק ch. to strangle. Targ. II Esth. I, 3.—Keth. 60ᵇ וחֲנַקְתֵּיה she choked her child to death; דלא … דחַנְקַן בנייהו for women (of sound mind) will not choke their children (in order to be allowed to marry again before the lapse of a certain time). Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ top … הוה והוה ח׳ ליה air burst forth out of the bottle and choked him. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᵈ חַנְקַת גרמה she hanged herself. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top בעייא … מִיחְנְקוּנֵיה I would rather choke him; a. e.—Gitt. 67ᵇ דחַנְקָא, v. דִּיסְתָּנָא I.
Ithpa. - אִתְחַנֵּק to hang one’s self. Targ. II Sam. XVII, 23.—Y. Snh. X, 29ᵃ bot. כדון דוד מִתְחַנֵּק now David will die in despair (cmp. preced. Nif.). Ib. יהא סופיה מִתְחַנְּקָא will end his life by suicide.