Word Study · Strong's H3907 · Hebrew
לָחַשׁ
lachash
law-khash'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lâchash
“to whisper”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to whisper; by implication, to mumble aspell (as a magician)
Rendered in the KJV as
charmer, whisper (together).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ1
- מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים1
- מִֽתְלַחֲשִׁ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- [were] whispering to one another1
- charmers1
- they whisper to one another1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVprmpa · 1
- HVti3mp · 1
- HVtrmpa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 41:7יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּyitlachashuverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAll who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:here: they whisper to one another
- Psalms 58:5מְלַחֲשִׁ֑יםmelachashimverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralrefusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.here: charmers