Jastrow: חֲרִיקָא

חֲרִיקָא (הֲ׳ Ar.) m. (חֲרַק) gap; בַּחֲרִיק־ in the gap caused by the absence of, in the place of. Keth. 61ᵃ עיילית לך איתתא בַחֲרִיקָאִי I brought thee a wife in my place (a hand-maid for domestic labors otherwise resting on the wife). Ib. 105ᵃ הבו לי … בחריקאי get me a man to irrigate my fields in my stead. Yoma 77ᵃ (in a passage omitted in later eds.) בחֲרִיקֵיה (Ms. M. בהֲרִיקִי) in his (my) place. Arakh. 27ᵇ bot. בחֲרִיקָין in our stead.