חָשׁוּךְ m. (b. h.; חָשַׁךְ) 1) dark, black. Ab. Zar. 8ᵃ, v. חָשַׁךְ.—Pl. חֲשׁוּכִּים, כִּין …; f. חֲשׁוּכּוֹת. Bekh. VII, 5 (expl. מרוח אשך, Lev. XXI, 20) שמראיו ח׳ whose complexion is very dark. Yalk. Ex. 258 פנים ח׳ dark (frowning) countenance; Mekh. B’shall., Vayassa, s. 2 חֲשֵׁכוֹת. —2) obscured, benighted. Pesik. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to Prov. XXII, 29) פרעה הח׳ Pharaoh, the benighted.—Pl. as ab. Cant. R. to I, 1 (ref. to Prov. l. c.) לפני ח׳ אלו הרשעים ‘before the benighted’ that means the wicked.
חָשׁוּךְ
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חָשׁוּךְ m. (b. h.; חָשַׁךְ ) 1) dark, black . Ab. Zar. 8ᵃ , v. חָשַׁךְ .—Pl. חֲשׁוּכִּים , כִּין … ; f. חֲשׁוּכּוֹת . Bekh. VII, 5 (expl. מרוח אשך ,…
References
- Jastrow, חָשַׁךְ 1
- Avodah Zarah 8a:10
- Mishnah Bekhorot 7:5
- Leviticus 21:20
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 258
- Pesikta Rabbati 6:1
- Proverbs 22:29
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:1