תַּחַש

תַּחַשm. (b. h.) taḥash, an animal the hide of which was used to cover the Tabernacle. Sabb.28b ת׳ … בריה בפני עצמהוכ׳ the taḥash of the Mosaic days was a creature of its own kind, and the scholars could not decide whether it belonged to the class of bhemah (domestic animals) or of ḥayah (beasts); Num. R. s. 63>. Yeb.102b; a. e.Pl. תְּחָשִׁים. Sabb.28a עורות ת׳ skins of taḥash. Y. ib. II, 4d bot.; Koh. R. to I, 9, v. אלטינון, a. גַּלְאַקְסִינוֹן.