צוּק II (b. h.) [to be narrow,] to be distressed, worry, v. next w.
Hif. - הֵצִיק to distress, afflict. Snh. 104ᵇ כל המֵצִיק לישראל וכ׳ whoever persecutes Israel, does never get tired (with ref. to Is. VIII, 23); Yalk. Is. 282. Snh. 94ᵇ, v. צָיֵף; Yalk. Kings 237. Sifré Deut. 357 מציקים המְצִיקִין לו oppressors that will oppress him; a. e.—V. מֵצִיק.