- חשֶׁן
- חוֹשֶׁן, חשֶׁןm. (b. h.; חשן, cmp. חשל) breast-plate. Zeb.88b ח׳ מכפרוכ׳ the Highpriests breast-plate brings atonement for wrong judgments. Sabb.139a זכה לח׳ המשפטוכ׳ was privileged to wear the breast-plate of judgment upon his heart. Yoma 72a המזיח ח׳ מעלוכ׳ he who loosens the breast-plate from the Ephod; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
