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title: לַחַשׁ — a whispering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַחַשׁ (3908), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: a whispering. BDB 1906: whispering, charming. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַחַשׁ

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«לַחַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a whispering** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3908 · **BDB:** לַ֫חַשׁ

### Glosses

charming (2); a.whisper (1); charms (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a whispering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3908/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

whispering, charming [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3908/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a whispering, charming;—ל׳ Is 26:16; לָ֑חַשׁ Ec 10:11 Is 3:3 Je 8:17; pl. לְחָשִׁים Is 3:20.— serpent-charming Je 8:17 Ec 10:11; לָ֑חַשׁ נְבוֹן Is 3:3 (prob. general). charms, amulets, worn by women, Is 3:20. whisper of prayer, צָקוּן לַחַשׁ Is 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read צְקוֹן לַחַשׁ ‘Zauberzwang,’ compulsion of (by) magic).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַחַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3908/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.3/)

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שַׂר־חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וּנְשׂ֣וּא פָנִ֑ים וְיוֹעֵ֛ץ וַחֲכַ֥ם חֲרָשִׁ֖ים וּנְב֥וֹן לָֽחַשׁ׃

*Word for word:* commander of.fifty and \[one.who.is\].uplifted of.face and counselor and.\[one\] skillful of.magic.arts and \[one.who\].has.understanding of.charming

*JPS 1917:* The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.

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[Isaiah 26:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.16/)

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יְהוָ֖ה בַּצַּ֣ר פְּקָד֑וּךָ צָק֣וּן לַ֔חַשׁ מוּסָרְךָ֖ לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh in (the) distress people sought.you they poured.out a.whisper chastening your \[was\].to them

*JPS 1917:* LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

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