H3908

לַ֫חַשׁ

la.chashH:N-M

charm

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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).


3 occurrences

Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)