| A CRACK is not a cavity, but a slight or weak hole. חרך K[H]aRaQ is a notch or small gap, as in the latttice windows of Songs 2:9. It is the source of CRACK. חרך K[H]aRaQ has the Het-Resh subroot of חור K[H]OAR (hole, see “HOLLOW” ) combined with the Resh-Khaf of רך RahKH (slight, weak – see “WEAK” ).
"Crack is Wack" in slang is a slogan to warn people that crack cocain gonna mess you up. WACK is "weak" or uncool. My other dictionary, with Lois Stavsky and Dani Reyes Mozeson, is A2Z: The Book of Rap + Hip-Hop Slang (Berkley Books). Some Hebrew scholar types aint gonna be down wit dat. Sorry, I haven't met a word I didn't like.
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