Jastrow: סַרְקִי

סַרְקִי m. (v. סְרָק) [desert-dweller,] pr. n. Sarḳí (Saracenus), a nomadic trading tribe (v. Sm. Dict. Rom. a. Greek Geogr. s. v. Saraceni). Gen. R. s. 48 אחד נדמה לו בדמות ס׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. סרקי, corr. acc.) one of the angels appeared to him as a Sarḳí, one asa Nabatæan &c.; Yalk. ib. 82 סִירְקִי.—Pl. סַרְקִין, סַרְקִיִּין. Y’lamd. to Num. XXIV, 6; Yalk. Num. 771 (ref. to אֲהָלִים, Num. l. c.) בקש לעשותן כאֹהָלִים של ס׳ וכ׳ he (Balaam) wanted to make them like the tents of the Saracens which are removed from place to place. Y. Yoma VI, 43ᶜ bot. הס׳ אוכלין אותו the desert dwellers ate it (the scape-goat that escaped death).