עָשַׁק

vb. oppress, wrong, extort (𝔗 עֲשַׁק = BH, so Old Aramaic עשק; Syriac ܥܫܰܩ accuse, slander; Assyrian adj. ešḳu, strong; Arabic عَسَقٌ roughness, injustice);— Pf. ע׳ Lv 5:21; Ez 18:18; 2 ms. sf. עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ 1 S 12:4, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַעַשְׁקֻנִי ψ 119:122; 2 ms. תַּעֲשֹׁק Lv 19:13 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. עֲשֹׁק Ho 12:8, sf. עָשְׁקָם 1 Ch 16:21 ψ 105:14; Pt. act. עֹשֵׁק Pr 14:31 +, fpl. הָעשְׁקוֹת Am 4:1, etc.; pass. עָשׁוּק Dt 28:29 +, etc.;— oppress, wrong (often by extortion, ‖ גָּזַל), c. acc. pers. 1 S 12:3, 4 Mi 2:2 Lv 5:21; 19:13; especially the poor and helpless Am 4:1 Dt 24:14 Je 7:6 Ez 22:29 Zc 7:10 Pr 14:31; 22:16; 28:3 Ec 4:1; also c. acc. cogn. ע׳ עשֶׁק (וְ)גָזַל גָּזֵל Ez 18:18 practise extortion, 22:29, take by extortion Lv 5:23 and (c. acc. rei) Mal 3:5; abs. Ho 12:8 practise extortion; Jb 10:3 deal tyrannically (of God); pt. oppressor, extortioner Je 21:12 ψ 72:4 Ec 4:1; pt. pass. as subst. the oppressed ψ 103:6; 146:7. oppress a nation Is 52:4, cf. ψ 105:14 = 1 Ch 16:21, ψ 119:122, pt. act. oppressor v 121, pt. pass. oppressed Je 50:33, in predict. ע׳ וְגָזוּל Dt 28:29, ע׳ וְרָצוּץ v 33 Ho 5:11. dub. are: יַעְשֹׁק נָהָר Jb 40:23 a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (sc.; the hippopot.; Du יָשֹׁק, from שׁוּק; > Gunk Bu יִשְׁקַע fails, sinks); עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ Pr 28:17 oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person. Pt. f. הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָה Is 23:12 crushed (of conquered Sidon under fig. of woman).