Lexical Definition

‎חֲשַׁח‎ chăshach (khash-akh') to need ^A:V
(Aramaic) a collateral root to one corresponding to ‎חוּשׁ‎ in the sense of readiness

careful, have need of.

• to be necessary (from the idea of convenience) or (transitively) to need

v
1) (P'al) to need, have need
n
2) (P'al) the thing needed

See Greek: ὑστέρημα · χρεία

Extended Information

• noun
• the thing needed

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חֲשַׁח‎] verb need (Assyrian —ašâ—u, crave; Syriac in need of; not ᵑ7; —

Pe`al Participle plural ‎חָֽשְׁחִין‎ Dan 3:16, singular Infinitive (van d. H., wrongly, ‎׳‎‎חַשׁ‎).

[‎חַשְׁחָה‎] noun feminine thing needed (Syriac ; Nö in K^{p. 175}); — plural ‎חַשְׁחָן‎ Ezra 6:9.

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