חרשא

חָרָשָׁא, חָרָשm. (v. חֶרֶש; cmp. לַחַש) fascinator, charmer, sorcerer. Targ. O. Deut. 18:10 (some ed. חֲרָש); a. e.Cant. R. to III, 6. Y. Ḥag.II, 77d bot. עיסקיה דהדין ח׳וכ׳ it is the nature of a sorcerer that he can do nothing when lifted from the ground. Ber.62a bot. (in an incantation) לא חַרְשֵׁי דח׳וכ׳ (Var. דחָרָשֵׁי … pl., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., note 8) no charm of a sorcerer or of a sorceress.Pl. חָרָשִׁין, חָרָשַׁיָּא, חָרָשֵׁי, חֲרָ׳. Targ. Y. Deut. l. c. (ed. Amst. חַרְשִׁין). Targ. Ps. 58:6; a. e.Y. Ḥag. l. c.; Y.Snh.VI, 23c bot.Fem. חָרָשָׁא חֲרַשְׁתָּא,. Targ. O. Ex. 22:17.Ber. l. c. (Var. חַרְשִׁיתָא).V. חַרְשִׁין.