חשש

חֲשַׁשch. sam( חָשַׁש (v. חוּש) to feel heavy, feel pain), 1) to suffer. Y.M. Kat. III, 82d top פומיה הוא ח׳ he has an ailing on his mouth (and therefore ties it up). Cant. R. to II, 16 ועבד ח׳וכ׳ and continued suffering with fever for three years; a. fr. 2) to be affected, troubled; to care, apprehend. Targ. Prov. 28:17 דחָשֵׁישוכ׳ he who is troubled (feels compunction) about blood-guiltiness (h. text עשק); a. e.Y.M. Kat. III, 81d bot. צריך את חשש על נפשך thou must mind the excommunication for thy souls sake. Ib. חַש על נפשיה he minded the excommunication. Ib. וחַשּׁוּן אילין על אילין they minded each the others excommunication. Keth.26b במֵיחַש לזילותאוכ׳ they differ as to providing against the disregard of the court; a. fr. (interch. with חוּש).( 3) (= חֲשָׁא) to whisper, hiss. Targ. Jer. 6:29 חַש (ed. Wil. חֲשָׁא). Ithpa. אִיתְחֲשַׁש, אִיחֲ׳ to become sick. Cant. R. l. c. אתח׳ר׳ חנינא (Var. אִחֲ׳; ed. Wil. אתשש, corr. acc.). Palp. חַשְׁחֵש 1) to feel. Targ. Y. Num. 11:12. 2) to care for. Targ. Ps. 141:1 Regia (ed. חִיש).