חֲשַׁךְ, חֲשׁוֹךְ I ch. same. Targ. Job. XVIII, 6. Targ. Ex. X, 15; a. fr.—Taan. 10ᵃ חֲשׁוּךְ ענני וכ׳ when the clouds are dark, they contain much water.
    Pa. - חַשֵּׁיךְ 1) to darken, obscure. Targ. Ps. CV, 28; a. e. —2) to do something at night, to be late. Tam. 27ᵇ חַשֵּׁיךְ תקין נפשך וכ׳ at bed-time attend to thy body, and in the morning etc. Ber. 8ᵃ מקדמי ומְחַשְּׁכֵי וכ׳ they go to Synagogue early and late. Ib. קדימו וחַשִּׁיכוּ ועיילו וכ׳ (Ms. M. ואַחְשִׁיכוּ, Af., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) go ye early and late to etc. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 65, v. מַחַשְׁכָן.
    Af. - אַחְשִׁיךְ 1) to obscure. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 2; a. e. —2) to do something late. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 16.—Ber. l. c., v. supra.
    Ithpe. - אִיתְחֲשַׁךְ, אַיחֲשַׁךְ to grow dark. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 24; a. e.—Snh. 96ᵃ עד דאתא איח׳ by the time he came it had grown dark.