לָחַשׁlâchash
whisper, charm
Pronunciation: law-khash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3907
Meanings
Pi`el: whisperers, (i.e. serpent-charmers (Psalms 58:6)
Hithpa`el: whisper together (Psalms 41:8; 2 Samuel 12:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 12:19 When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
- Psalms 41:7 All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst.
- Psalms 58:5 ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers, no matter how skillfully they play.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).