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# לַחַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3908

**a whispering** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: charming (2); a whisper (1); charms (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 3:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.3/#tree)

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3908.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3908/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).