לָחַש

לָחַשI (cmp. לָחַךְ, לָחַט) (to lick, to flame, glow (of coals), opp. עָמַם. Pes.75b (ref. to גחלי אש, Lev. 16:12) גחלי יכול עוממות … הא כיצד מביא מן הלוֹחֲשוֹת by gaḥălé I might understand dying coals, …; by esh I might understand a flame; … how is it now (that it reads גחלי אש)? He takes from among the glowing coals; Y.Yoma II, end, 42a; Sifra Aḥăré, Par. 2, ch. III; a. e.