הִירְ׳

הִרְהוּר, הִירְ׳m. (הִרְהֵר) 1) thought, meditation, opp. דיבור loud recitation. Ber.20b ה׳ כדיבור דמי reviewing in mind (a Biblical passage ) is as good as loud recitation. Sabb.150a (ref. to Is. 58:13) דיבור אסורה׳וכ׳ talking (business on the Sabbath) is forbidden, thinking (planning) is permitted. 2) heated imagination, esp. impure fancies. Ber.12b ה׳ עבירה unchaste imagination, ה׳ע״ז idolatrous fancy. Nidd.13b המביא עצמו לידיה׳ who allows sinful fancies to take a hold of him. Zab. II, 2; a. fr.Pl. הִרְהוּרִים. Yoma 29a top הִרְהוּרֵי עבירהוכ׳ sinful (obscene) imaginations are more injurious to health than the sin itself. Esth. R. to III, 1 (play on aḥar) הרהורי דברים היו שם plans (schemes) were there.