חששא

חֲשָׁשָׁאm. (preced.) anxiety, fear, suspicion. Targ. Koh. 2:25.Yoma 83b אימר דאמרי אנא ח׳וכ׳ (Ms. M. למֵיחַש, v. preced.) what I said (that a name was an omen) was meant only as an apprehension, but I did not mean it as a certainty. Bekh.36a אימר דאמרר״מ לח׳ what R. M. said, was meant as an apprehension (worth investigating), but not to make one legally disqualified. Ib. ח׳ הוא it is merely a suspicion, ובמקום ח׳וכ׳ and against such a doubt, we may argue that he had no reason to tell a falsehood. Nidd.17b אי בתר ח׳וכ׳ if you are guided by a doubt, opp. חֲזָקָה; a. fr.