חָרַךְ (b. h.; cmp. חָרָה) to roast, parch.
Pi. - חֵירֵךְ, חֵרֵךְ to char, burn bread so as to make it uneatable; to prepare a wick by charring. Pes. 21ᵇ חֵירְכוֹ קודם וכ׳ he charred the leavened bread before the time appointed for the removal of leavened matter. Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵃ top מְחָרְכִין (לין) לן they char them (the wicks).—Part. pass. מְחוֹרָךְ, fem. מְחוֹרֶכֶת, pl. מְחוֹרָכִין, מְחוֹרָכוֹת. Tosef. Sabb. II, 1 (v. Var. ed. Zuck.); Sabb. 29ᵃ (v. Tosaf. a. l.).
Hithpa. - הִתְחָרֵךְ,
Nithpa. - נִתְחָרֵךְ to be singed, burnt. Tanḥ. Noah 13 נ׳ שער וכ׳ the hair of his head and beard was singed. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXIII נִתְחָרְכוּ וכ׳ (not ב) his hair was singed. Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ הדורשה מִתְחָרֵךְ he who preaches it (the Agadah) will burn himself (at the fire of the Law); (Treat. Sof’rim XVI, 2 מתברך, corr. acc.)