חָצִיף, חֲצִיפָא m. (חֲצַף, sub. אַפִּין) 1) bare-faced, impudent, impertinent. Targ. Ps. XVII, 4. Targ. Koh. VIII, 1 חֲצִיף אפין (constr.); a. e.—Ber. 34ᵇ; Sot. 7ᵇ ח׳ עלי מאן וכ׳ I consider him impertinent who &c. Kidd. 33ᵃ כמה ח׳ האי גברא how irreverently behaves this man; a. e.—Fem. חֲצִיפָא, חֲצִיפְתָּא. M. Kat. 16ᵇ. Y. Taan. III, 66ᵈ top.—Pl. m. חֲצִיפִין, constr. חֲצִיפֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. XXVIII, 37; a. e. —2) undaunted, persevering, strong. Yalk. Koh. 989, v. נָטוֹרָא. Pesik. Shub., p. 161ᵃ ח׳ נצח לבישא וכ׳ the persevering (in prayer) conquers even the bad man, so much the more the Good One of the world; Y. Taan. II, 65ᵇ חֲצִיפָח … לכשירא (corr. acc.); Yalk. Jon. 550.