חֲשִׁיךְ ², (חֲשַׁךְ II) lean, poor; luckless (interch. with: חֲשׁוֹךְ, חֲשׁוֹכָא). Targ. Ez. XVIII, 12. Targ. II Sam. XIII, 4. Targ. Ps. LXXII, 13; a. fr.—Lam. R. to I, 5 ולמה ח׳ כן and why is he so reduced?—Ib. to III, 20 (prov.) עד דשמינא חשיך חשיכא מיית Ar. (Var כחיש כחישא; ed. … קטין … דקטינא …) while the fat one becomes lean, the lean one is dead (retribution to the oppressor comes too late). Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 7, v. חַי ch.—Pl. חֲשִׁיכַיָּא, חֲשׁוּכַּ׳. Targ. Jer. LII, 15, sq.—Succ. 44ᵇ לחשוכיא (Ms. M. 2 לחסיניא, read לחֲסִיכַ׳) to the poor.—Fem. חֲשִׁיכָא, חֲשִׁיכְתָּא. Targ. Is. LIV, 11.—Pl. חֲשִׁיכַן, חֲשִׁיכָתָא. Targ. Y. Gen. XLI, 19, sq; v. חֲסִיךְ.