- חסחוס
- חִסְחוּסm. (חסחס, Pilp. of חסם, v. חוּס a. pieced, art.) (projection, protection, the cartilages forming the ear, helix Bekh.VI, 1 (37a) נפגמה אזני מן הח׳ (ed. חסחום; Mish. ed. a. Ar. הסּחוֹס) if its ear it split (defective) from the cartilages (inward).Pl. חִסְחוּסִים, סִין … gristles. Pes.VII, 11 (84a) Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. הַסְּחוּסִין; Ms. M. 2 also הסחיסין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30).Y.Snh.VIII, beg.26a אכלו הסוקים, read: אכל ח׳.V. חַסְחָסִית.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
