עָנַק (b. h.; cmp. אנק, חנק) 1) to be narrow, elongated; denom. עֲנָק, עוּנְקָא &c. —2) to press, force, rule. Gen. R. s. 26 (expl. עֲנָקִים) שהיו עוֹנְקִים גלגל חמה ואומרים הורד וכ׳ they seized the globe of the sun and said, Send us rain down; Yalk. ib. 47. Num. R. s. 16 (ref. to ילידי הענק, Num. XIII, 28) שראוהו שהיה עוֹנֵק את השמש they (the spies) saw him force the sun (to give rain); Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 7.
Hif. - הֶעֱנִיק 1) same. Yoma 10ᵃ (ref. to Num. l. c.) שמַעֲנִיקִין החמה בקומתן they lorded it over the sun by virtue of their height; Sot. 34ᵇ (Rashi: they had the appearance of squeezing their heads into the sun). —2) [to suspend around the neck, load,] to outfit the emancipated slave with gifts (Deut. XV, 14). Y. Kidd. I, 59ᶜ bot. אילו שמַעֲנִיקִין להן וכ׳ the following are those who must be sent away with gifts; Bab. Kidd. 16ᵇ. Ib. יכול לא יהיו מַעֲנִיקִים וכ׳ you might think that only he who is discharged after the expiration of six years of servitude, must be outfitted. Sifré Deut. 119 שאם הֶעֱנַקְתָּ … תַּעֲנִיק לו וכ׳ that when thou hast outfitted him once, thou must do it again &c. Kidd. l. c. כמה מעניקים לו how much must he be given?; a. fr.