לָחַשׁ

«לָחַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: whisper — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 3907 · BDB: לָחַשׁ

Glosses

[were].whispering.to.one.another (1); of.charmers (1); they.whisper.to.one.another (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

whisper tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. whisper, charm tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. whisper, charm (NH id.; Aramaic לְחַשׁ, ܠܚܰܫ; Ethiopic ለሐሰ whisper, v. RSJPh. xiv. 1885, 122, possibly originally serpent-charming);— Pt. pl. קוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים ψ 58:6 voice of whisperers (i.e. serpent-charmers; ‖ חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים). whisper together, Impf. יִתְלַחֲשׁוּ c. עַל ψ 41:8; Pt. pl. מִתְלַחֲשִׁים 2 S 12:19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לָחַשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 58:6

אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃

Word for word: which not it.listens to.[the] sound of.charmers [one.who].casts spells skillful

JPS 1917: Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.

Psalms 41:8

יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל־שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י ׀ יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃

Word for word: together on me they.whisper.to.one.another all [those who].hate.me on me they.plot trouble for me

JPS 1917: All that hate me whisper together against me, against me do they devise my hurt:

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