הֵיךְ ch. (= הֵי כְּ) 1) how? (v. הֵיאַךְ). Y. Erub. I, 19ᵇ bot. ה׳ עבידא how can it happen?, i.e. name a case to which this rule will apply. —2) as, like; in Targ. editions mostly with double comparison: הֵיךְ כְּ־.—Targ. Ps. XXII, 15, sq.; a. v. fr.—ה׳—ה׳ as—so. Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 12.—ה׳ מה as that which, even as. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXIV, 1, v. infra.—ה׳ מה דאת אמר (abbr. המד"א) even as you read in the Scriptures. Gen. R. s. 1, beg.; a. v. fr.—Y. Succ. III, 54ᵃ top ה׳ מה דאמרת וכ׳ the same words which you spoke to the one, you spoke to the other!—Combined הֵיכְמָא, הֵיכְמָה. Targ. Y. Gen. XXI, 1; a. fr.—Y. Erub. I, 19ᵇ; a. fr.—As prefix to nouns הֵיכ־. Targ. I Chr. II, 54 היכנטופא (ed. Lag. הי כנ׳). Ib. 55 (ed. Lag. הי כ־); v. הֵי II.—*[ 3) (v. next w.) where? Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 50 Ms. (ed. אָן).]