- רחש
- רְחֵש, רְחִיש, רַחֲשָׁא, רִו׳ch. sam( רַחַש m. (preced.) a creeping thing, reptile), worm, reptile, insect. Targ. Gen. 1:20 (h. text שרץ). Targ. O. Ex. 16:20 (h. text תולעים). Targ. ib. 24 (h. text רמה). Targ. Lev. 11:20, sq. Ib. 5:2 (O. ed. Vien. רָחִיש); a. fr.B. Mets.84b חזאיר׳ דקא וכ I saw a worm come out of his ear. Y.Yeb.XV, 14d דר׳ שכיח at a season when the bite of a reptile is of frequent occurrence; a. e.In gen. a living thing, noxious animal. Sabb.146a sq. לא אתי לאוסופי משוםר׳ one will not enlarge the hole for fear that an animal may creep in.Pl. רַחֲשִׁין, רַחֲשֵׁי, רִי׳. Targ. Y. Gen. 1:24. Targ. Y. Deut. 18:11.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.