צְרַךְ , ch. same. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XVI, 5.—Y. B. Bath. VIII, 16ᵇ bot. צַרְכַת וזבנת וכ׳ she needed money and sold to her husband (the property which she had assigned to her brother). Y. Erub. V, beg. 22ᵇ [read:] צ׳ לך צחק לך לא צ׳ לך הפליג עליך he who needs thee may smile (assent) to thee (flatter thee), he who needs thee not, dares to wonder at thee (in disapproval); Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵇ top צריך לך שחק וכ׳; a. e.—Mostly pass. צְרִיךְ to need, be needed. Ib. תלת עשרה … דלא צ׳ ליה he spent thirteen years … without needing him. Taan. 20ᵇ לא צְרִיכְנָא האידנא now we do not need it. Yeb. 105ᵇ תא לא צְרִיכַת come back, she needs not (to be examined, or: thou needest not examine her). Ber. 13ᵇ תו לא צריכת more you need not do; a. fr.
Ithpa. - אִצְטָרֵךְ,
Ithpe. - אִצְטְרִיךְ to be needed; to need. Targ. Y. I Gen. XVI, 5. Ib. XLVII, 12; a. fr.—Taan. 23ᵃ כי מִצְטְרִיךְ עלמא למטרא whenever the world needed rain. Ber. 9ᵃ א׳ למכתב וכ׳ it was necessary (in the Scriptural text) to write hazzeh. Ib. 13ᵃ והיו … למה לי א׳ וכ׳ that v’hayu (Deut. VI, 6) which is written, what is it for? It is needed because of the preceding sh’mʿa. Bets. 7ᵃ א׳ לאשמעינן it was necessary to let us understand distinctly. Bekh. 31ᵃ אִיצְטְרִיכָא ליה שעתא the time needed him, i.e. the scholars felt in need of his teaching. Ḥull. 38ᵃ איצטריכא ליה לאבא לאזוזי וכ׳ does Abba (do you) consider the shaking of the ears (of the animal) an indispensable symptom of vitality? Keth. 22ᵃ אלא כי א׳ קרא לכדרב הונא וכ׳ but that citation is needed for the rule which R. H. … deduced from it. Ib. 97ᵃ אִיצְטְרִיכוּ … למזבן וכ׳ he wanted money to buy oxen; לסוף לא איצטריכו ליה finally he found that he could do without it. Ber. 47ᵇ תרי איצטריכו two more persons were wanted (to make up the legal quorum); a. v. fr.—Gen. R. s. 91 אִיצְטַרְכִית למשאליה I felt the need of asking him; Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵇ אִצָּרְכַת לי sub. למשאליה, v. צְרִיךְ.