- יַבְחוּש
- יַבְחוּשm. (v. בָּחַש) a sort of gnat, a (red) insect found in liquids. Tosef. Yad. (Tbul Yom) II, 3 י׳ שבריתווכ׳ a yabḥush which originates in the water.Pl. יַבְחוּשִׁים, יַבְחוּשִׁין, Tosef.Ter.VII, 11; Ḥull.67a Nidd.III, 2 כמין י׳ אדומים looking like a mass of red insects; Tosef. ib. IV, 2. Zeb.22a.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
