חוּרְשָׁא

חוּרְשָׁאch. 1) same. Targ. Ps. 80:14; a. fr.Cant. R. to I, 1 ח׳ של קנים, v. חֲרִישָׁה III. Ib. to III, 4 (ref. to Ps. 80:14 יער with suspended ע) אם זכיתם … מן ח׳ if you will do good, your invaders shall be (like animals) from the water (יְאֹר), if not, they shall be (like animals) from the forest; Yalk. Ps. 830. 2) (P. Sm. 1386 angina) narrow place in the throat, windpipe. Shebu.6b בחוּרְשֵׁיה קא אכיל ליה that man eats into his windpipe (asks a dangerous question; Rashi: eats in his forest, i. e. knows not what is going on in the world; R. Hai G. in Ar.: he scratches his eye-sore).Pl. חוּרְשַׁיָּא, חוּרְשֵׁי. Targ. Jer. 4:29.Gen. R. s. 24, beg. (ref. to Is. 29:17, cmp. Targ. a. l.) ח׳ דבני אינש thickets of people (crowded population).