- חשש
- חָשַׁש(v. חוּש) 1) to feel heavy, feel pain. Y.Sabb.IV, 8c top החוֹשֵׁש אזנו he who has ear-ache. Esth. R. to I, 1 (play on אח̇ש̇ור̇וש) who ever thinks of him ח̇וֹשֵׁש את ר̇אש̇ו gets a head-ache; a. e.(Mostly with ב). Cant. R. to V, 2 אם חושש … בראשו if one of the twins has a head-ache; a. fr. 2) to apprehend, take into consideration. Pes.I, 2 אין חוֹשְׁשִׁין שמאוכ׳ we do not take into consideration that perhaps a weasel Tosef.Ḥull.III, 24 ואין ח׳ שלוכ׳ and we need not hesitate to use them for fear that they may be eggs of ; Ḥull.63b אין ח׳ לא משוםוכ׳. Sabb.XVI, 7; XXII, 3 חוֹשְׁשַׁנִי לו מחטאת I am afraid he has committed a sin which requires a sin-offering to atone for; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.