וָתִיק, (ותק, cmp. Arab. vaṭiḳ, a. b. h. עָתֵק) enduring; trusty; strong; distinguished.—תלמיד ו׳ a faithful student, distinguished scholar. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ; Cant. R. to VI, 2; a. fr.—Sabb. 105ᵃ ו׳ נתתיך באומות (omitted in Ms. M., a. Yalk. Gen. 81) I made thee distinguished among the nations.—Pl. וְתִיקִים, וְתִיקִין. Sifré Num. 92; ib. Deut. 13, v. כָּסַף.—Tosef. Hor. I, 1. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵃ.—Esp. Vᵉthikin (Ancients), the conscientiously pious men of former days. Ber. 9ᵇ ו׳ היו גומרין אותה עם וכ׳ (Tosef. ib. I, 2 מצותה עם וכ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) the V. used to finish the reading of the Sh’mah &c.; ib. 25ᵇ; 26ᵃ; Y. ib. I, 3ᵃ bot. הוו׳.—R. Hash. 32ᵇ. [וַתִּיקִין, Gitt. 70ᵃ, v. וִיתֵּק.]