לָחַשׁ
lachash · whisper
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3907 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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lachash (לָחַשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “whisper”.
In other places, mutter a charm.
How to say it
la·chash
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To speak very low among several people.
- To say magic words to master snakes.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- charmers ×1
- were whispering together ×1
- whisper ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 12:19
When David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
- Psalms 41:7
Together against me all who hate me whisper; against me they plot evil for me.
- Psalms 58:5
that does not listen to the voice of charmers, of one who binds spells skillfully.