חֲשׁוֹךְ ², חֲשׁוֹךְ, חֲשׁוֹכָא II m. (preced.) 1) darkness. Targ. Ex. X, 21, sq.; a. fr.—Targ. Ez. XIII, 18, v. רְקִיעָא II.—Pes. 34ᵇ ארעא דח׳ a land of darkness (fogs). Ḥag. 12ᵇ bot. ומי איכא ח׳ וכ׳ is there darkness before the Lord?; a. fr.—Pl. חֲשׁוֹכַיָּא. Targ. Ps. LXXXVIII, 7. —2) charred wick, snuff. Bets. 32ᵃ עדויי ח׳ Ar. (ed. חוּשְׁכָּא). v. מָחַט.