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title: לָחַשׁ — whisper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָחַשׁ (3907), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: whisper. BDB 1906: vb. whisper, charm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָחַשׁ

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«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.

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**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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3907/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. whisper, charm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3907/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3907/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.6/)

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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.

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[Psalms 41:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.41.8/)

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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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