Lexical Summary lachash: a whispering, charming Original Word: לַחַשׁTransliteration: lachash Phonetic Spelling: (lakh'-ash) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a whispering, charming Meaning: a whisper, a private prayer, an incantation, an amulet Strong's Concordance charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer From lachash; properly, a whisper, i.e. By implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet -- charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer. see HEBREW lachash Brown-Driver-Briggs H3908. lachash לַ֫חַשׁ noun [masculine] a whispering, charming; — ׳ל Isaiah 26:16; לָ֑חַשׁ Ecclesiastes 10:11; Isaiah 3:3; Jeremiah 8:17; plural לְחָשִׁים Isaiah 3:20. — 1 serpent-charming Ecclesiastes 10:11; לָ֑חַשׁ נְבוֺן Isaiah 3:3 (probably more General). 2 charms, amulets, worn by women, Isaiah 3:20. 3 whisper of prayer, לַחַשׁ צָקוּן Isaiah 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read לַחַשׁ צְקוֺן 'Zauberzwang,' compulsion of (by) magic). |
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