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Strong's #3907 - לָחַשׁ

Transliteration
lâchash
Phonetics
law-khash'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
1107
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to whisper, charm, conjure

1a) (Piel) charmers, conjurers, whisperers (participle)

1b) (Hithpael) to whisper to each other

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (3)
2 Samuel 1
Psalms 2
NAS (3)
2 Samuel 1
Psalms 2
HCS (3)
2 Samuel 1
Psalms 2
BSB (3)
2 Samuel 1
Psalms 2
ESV (3)
2 Samuel 1
Psalms 2
WEB (3)
2 Samuel 1
Psalms 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2308) shl (לההסה LHhSh) AC: Whisper CO: Whisper AB: ?: [from: sh- quiet]

V) shl (לההסה LHhSh) - Whisper: KJV (3): (vf: Hitpael, Piel, Participle) whisper, charmer - Strongs: H3907 (לָחַשׁ)

Nm) shl (לההסה LHhSh) - Whisper: KJV (5): enchantment, orator, earring, prayer, charmed - Strongs: H3908 (לַחַשׁ)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [לָחַשׁ] verb whisper, charm (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְחַשׁ ; Ethiopic ; whisper, see RS JPh xiv. 1885,122, possibly originally serpent-charming); —

Pi`el Participle plural קוֺל מְלַחֲשִׁים Psalm 58:6 voice of whisperers (i.e. serpent-charmers; "" חוֺבֵר תֲבָרִים).

Hithpa`el whisper together, Imperfect יִתְלַחֲשׁוּ with עַל Psalm 41:8; Participle plural מִתְלַחֲשִׁים 2 Samuel 12:19.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לָחַשׁ not used in Kal, sibilavit, susurravit, to whisper, Greek ψιθυρίζειν, Germ. zifcheln (all of which words are like the Hebrew, onomatopoetic), compare the kindred נָחַשׁ. ([Syr. ܠܰܚܫܶ to whisper in the ear, ܠܚܰܫ Peal, to use enchantment] Arab. لحس to lick, to hiss as a serpent, whence لَواَحسُ whisperers, i.e. serpents; Eth. ለሐሰ፡ id. also, to mutter, to speak softly; for the Gr. γρύζω, አልኆሰሰ፡ to whisper into the ear; ተልኃዋሰሰ፡ to whisper amongst themselves.)

Piel לִחֵשׁ to whisper, to mutter, specially used of the incantations of sorcerers, uttered in a mutter. Particip. מְלַחֲשִׁים enchanters, sorcerers, Psalms 58:6.

Hithpael, to whisper amongst themselves (unter fich zifcheln, flüftern), 2 Samuel 12:19 followed by עַל against any one [ Psalms 41:8 ].

Hence pr.n. לוֹחֵשׁ and


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List of Word Forms
יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ יתלחשו מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים מִֽתְלַחֲשִׁ֔ים מלחשים מתלחשים mə·la·ḥă·šîm melachaShim məlaḥăšîm miṯ·la·ḥă·šîm mitlachaShim miṯlaḥăšîm yiṯ·la·ḥă·šū Yitlachashu yiṯlaḥăšū
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