לָחַשׁ
lâchash · H3907 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to whisper together
Action by which people talk softly among themselves to keep others from overhearing
Examples2 Samuel 12:19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”
Psalm 41:7 All who hate me whisper together against me; They plot my harm against me, saying,
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charmer
Literally: whisperer; hence: person who (appear to) control a snake by means of sounds
ExamplesPsalm 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עֶבֶדservant, slave 1
- שָׂנֵאto hate 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ נִיme 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יַחַדtogether 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קוֹלvoice, sound 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נָחַשׁ nâchash · H5172 · to divine, to practice divination, to use omens
- Hebrew verb for practicing divination and enchantment, closely related to לָחַשׁ in the semantic field of magical practices, though נָחַשׁ focuses more on omens and augury while לָחַשׁ emphasizes spoken incantations.
- כָּשַׁף kâshaph · H3784 · to practice sorcery, sorcerer: sorceress
- Hebrew verb for practicing sorcery, overlapping with לָחַשׁ in the domain of magical arts, though כָּשַׁף may encompass broader sorcerous practices beyond verbal enchantments.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Speak002004001009008
- לָחַשׁ means to whisper, as in 2 Samuel 12:19's David's servants "whispering together" and Psalm 41:8's enemies who "whisper to one another," placing it among terms of quiet or secretive speech.
- Control002003002007
- The word also denotes a charmer who exercises power over creatures through incantation, as in Psalm 58:6's parallel reference to "charmers" who control serpents, tying the whispering sense to an act meant to control or subdue.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3907. lachash [לָחַשׁ] verb whisper, charm (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְחַשׁ ; Ethiopic ;…
[לָחַשׁ] verb whisper, charm (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְחַשׁ ; Ethiopic ; whisper, see RSJPh xiv. 1885, 122, possibly originally serpent-charming); —
Pi`el Participle plural מְלַחֲשִׁים קוֺל Psa 58:6 voice of whisperers (i.e. serpent-charmers; || תֲבָרִים חוֺבֵר).
Hithpa`el whisper together, Imperfect יִתְלַחֲשׁוּ with עַל Psa 41:8; Participle plural מִתְלַחֲשִׁים 2Sa 12:19.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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