חצף

• ܚܨܦ

Cognate with Hebrew חָצַף (khatsáf).

חֲצַף • (ḥăṣap̄)

1. to peel off, bare
2. (figuratively) to be barefaced, i.e. to be impudent, arrogant
   • Targum on Proverbs 7:13

     וְאַתְקְּפַת בֵּיהּ וּנְשַׁקְתֵּיהּ וְאַחְצִפַת אַפָּהָא וַאֲמַרַת לֵיהּ:

     She takes hold of him and kisses him; and boldy [bared her face] she says to him

• חָצִיף (ḥâṣîp̄, “impudent, impertinent”) (passive participle)
• חוּצְפָּא (ḥuṣpā, “audacity”)
  • → Yiddish: חוצפּה (khutspe)
    • → English: chutzpah

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 496a