- (לחישא
- לְחָשָׁא(לְחִישָׁא, לְחִישָׁה) m. ch. sam(לחש in a low voice), 1) whisper. Y.Ber.I, 3c sq. מהו דין לחישה what means that whisper (what do they pray in a low voice)? 2) spell, charm, secret art. Targ. Jer. 8:17 ed. Ven. (Bxt. לַחֲשָׁא, ed. Lag. לִיחֲ׳; Kimḥi לְחִי׳).Pl. לְחָשִׁין, constr. לַחֲשֵׁי. Targ. Ex. 7:11 (h. text להט־); ib. 8:14 (h. text לט־).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
