לָחַשׁ lâchash — to whisper

pronounced law-khash' · Strong's H3907 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hitpa'el, Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as charmer, whisper.

a primitive root; to whisper; by implication, to mumble a spell (as a magician).

lâchash in each stem

Hitpa'el 2×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

מִֽתְלַחֲשִׁ֔ים 2Sam 12:19 Participle (active), masculine plural

But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. (KJV)

יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ Ps 41:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. (KJV)

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים Ps 58:6 Participle (active), masculine plural

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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