תַּשְׁנוּק, תַּשְׁנִיק m. (שָׁנַק) strangulation, suffocation; trnsf. anguish. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ bot. (ref. to שנער, Gen. XI, 2; v. Targ. O. to Ex. XIV, 27 שַׁנֵּיק for h. text נִעֵר) שנער שהם מתים בת׳ וכ׳ Babylonia is called Shinar, because they (the Babylonians) die in anguish, without light and without baths; Gen. R. s. 37; Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) (some ed. בתַשְׁנֵק); Koh. R. to XII, 7; Yalk. Gen. 62.
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תַּשְׁנוּק , תַּשְׁנִיק m. ( שָׁנַק ) strangulation, suffocation; trnsf. anguish . Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ bot. (ref. to שנער , Gen. XI, 2 ; v. Targ. O. to…
References
- Jastrow, שָׁנַק 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 4:1:20
- Jastrow, שִׁנְעָר 1
- Genesis 11:2
- Exodus 14:27
- Jastrow, נָעַר I 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 37
- Joshua 2
- Kohelet Rabbah 12:7
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 62