- הרהר
- הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳(Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) 1) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan. Ber.III, 4 מְהַרְהֵר בלבו thinks (recites the Shma) in his heart, v. הִרְהוּר. Gitt.57b הי׳ תשובה בדעתיה he conceived the idea of repentance. 2) to be heated, entertain impure thoughts. Ḥull.37b לא הִרְהַרְתִּי ביום I allowed no impure thoughts to rise in me in day-time; a. fr. 3) (followed by אחר) to disparage, criticise, detract from. Snh.110a המְהַרְהֵר אחר רבו who speaks evil of his teacher. Num. R. s. 7 אם הִרְהַרְתָּוכ׳ if thou criticisest them Ber.19a אל תְּהַרְהֵר אחריו ביום do not think evil of him the day after (for he surely repented). Sifré Deut. 307 אין להַרְהֵר אחר מדותיו you must not criticise His dealings with man; a. fr. 4) to heat, make sick with fever. Lev. R. s. 17 (play on ה̇ר̇צבות, Ps. 73:4; v. ה״א) לא הִרְהַרְתִּים בחלאים (Var. חרחר׳; Ar. s. v. חרצב: ערער׳) I did not make them bot with diseases; Yalk. Ps. 808. Ukts. III, 11, v. חרְחֵר.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.