Lexical Definition

‎לַחַשׁ‎ lachash (lakh'-ash) charm ^H:N-M
from ‎לָחַשׁ‎

charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.

• properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation
• concretely, an amulet

1) whispering, charming
1a) serpent-charming
1b) charms, amulets (worn by women)
1c) whisper (of prayer)

See Greek: ἀκροατής · ψιθυρισμός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לַ֫חַשׁ‎ noun [masculine] a whispering, charming; — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Isa 26:16 ‎לָ֑חַשׁ‎ Eccl 10:11; Isa 3:3; Jer 8:17 plural ‎לְחָשִׁים‎ Isa 3:20. —

1. serpent-charming Eccl 10:11 ‎נְבוֺן לָ֑חַשׁ‎ Isa 3:3 (probably more general).

2. charms, amulets, worn by women, Isa 3:20.

3. whisper of prayer, ‎צָקוּן לַחַשׁ‎ Isa 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read ‎צְקוֺן לַחַשׁ‎ 'Zauberzwang,' compulsion of (by) magic).

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