שחץ I

שַׁחַץI m. (v. שָׁחַץ, part. pass.) 1) (separation, obscenity, abomination, disgrace. Sabb.62b אנשי … אנשי ש׳ היו the men of Jerusalem were lovers of obscene talk; (Yalk. Is. 264 שחוצים). Pes.3b ש׳ פסול) (they found in him) obscenity which made him unworthy of the priesthood; (Rashi: pride). Tanḥ. Vaëra 9; Ex. R. s. 8 לך ועשה מי שעשה עצמו אלוה ש׳ בעולם go and make him that made himself a god an abomination in the world; ib וכן … נעשה ש׳ בעולם and so Sennacherib prided himself, and became an abomination Ib. אני ממלא … ומראה שַׁהֲצוֹ לבריות I fill the upper and the lower regions with him (his repute), and let people see his disgrace; Tanḥ. l. c. שבחן (corr. acc.). Ib. הקב״ה מראה ש׳וכ׳ the Lord shows all men the disgrace of the proud; a. e.Pl. שְׁחָצִים. Ib. (ref. to Job 41:26 בני שהץ) אלו הגיוהנין … ש׳ בעולם this means the proud that make themselves gods: the Lord makes them abominations in the world. 2) (b. h.) pride, v. supra.