כַּ֫חַשׁ

1. lying.

2. leanness; — absolute ׳כ Hos 12:1 + 2 t.; כָּ֑חַשׁ Hos 10:13 suffix כַּחֲשִׁי Job 16:8 plural suffix כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם Hos 7:3 —

1. lying, אֲכַלְתֶּם ׳פְּרִי כ Hos 10:13 ye have eaten the fruit of lying; Hos 7:3 (|| רָעָה), Hos 12:1 of Nineveh, פֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה ׳כ Nah 3:1 of lying (and) robbery it is full; Ps 59:13 (|| אָלָה).

2. of Job's affliction Job 16:8 my leanness hath risen up against me (compare Ps 109:24 ᵑ7 J Gen 41:27; Eccl 12:5 Talmud כחשׁא; > my lying, i.e. my affliction regarded as a lying witness, Di Buhl and others)