The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

rḥš vb. e/a to creep

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1 to creep Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. 4QEnastr b 7 iii:3 : וכל מה די בהן די רבין וצמחין ורחש[ין everything in them that grows, sprouts, and creeps. P Gn1:28 : ܘܒܟܠܗܿ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܪܚܫܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ . (a) to move around, wriggle Syr, JBA, Man. EphSerm I:VI:189 : ܠܐ ܪܚܫܝܢ ܐܦܠܐ ܪܦܬܝܢ they [dead chicks] neither move nor wriggle around. (b) to make the slightest movement Syr. ActsThom 238:17 : ܘܩܡ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܠܗ̈ܝܢ ܘܠܐ ܨ̈ܒܝܢ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܠܡܪܚܫ they stood still and did not not want to move at all.

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1 to move (lips), mumble JBA, LJLA. BT Tan 22b(18) ; .

2 p.p. to have a crushed limb (testicles) PTA. TN Lev21:20 : דמרחש אשכתיה who is mutilated in his testicles.

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1 to move something gradually Syr, Man. (a) to move (limbs) Syr.

2 metaph.: to suggest, allow an idea to creep into the mind Syr. EphFid 64:4.5 : ܘܐܝܟܢ ܐܦ ܡܪܚܫ ܠܗ ܒܠܒܢ ܠܨܒܝܢܗ how (Satan) also allows his will to creep into our heart. ThbK1 129:17 : ܗܼܘ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܪܚܫ ܒܪܥܝܢܗ ܕܗܟܢ ܢܐܡܪ ܥܠܘܗܝ as for him, God suggested in his mind that he should say thus of Him. (a) to encourage Syr.

3 to produce creeping things JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. P Gn1:20 : ܢܪܚܫܘܢ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܪܚܫܐ . P Ex7:28 ; .

4 to make a miracle happen suddenly LJLA. TgPs55:9 : ארחיש שזבותא לי (emend rather to )xy$ ??). TgLamYem 3:23 : נִסִין חַדתִין מַרחֵיש לְצַפרַיָא He makes new miracles occur first thing in the mornings.

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1 to occur, to happen suddenly (miracle) JBA, LJLA. BT BM 106a(52) : אי הוית חזית לאתרחושי לך ניסא הוה מתרחיש לך had you been worthy for a miracle to have occurred for you, it would have occurred for you.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1458[726]; DJPA: 522b; DJBA: 1071b; Jastrow: 1470; Drower/Macuch: 427b; Payne-Smith: ~3877; J. Payne-Smith: 538; Levy Ch-W: 2:419; Tal Sam: 831;

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Derivatives:

mrḥšnw, mrḥšnwtˀ n.f. subtle suggestion, motivation

rḥwšh, rḥwštˀ (rāḥōšā, rāḥōštā) nom.ag.f spreading sore

rḥš, rḥšˀ (rhẹš, ra/eḥšā) n.m. reptile, creeping animal

rḥšh, rḥštˀ n.f. reptile

rḥšwn, rḥšwnˀ (raḥšōn, raḥšōnā) n.m. little animal

rḥš, rḥšˀ (rḥāš, rḥāšā) v.n. decay

rḥšwšˀ (raḥšūš, raḥšūšā) n.m.pl. insect; reptiles

rḥšwšh, rḥšwštˀ (raḥšɘ(?)šā, raḥšuštā) n.f. myrrhobalsam

rḥšy (raḥšāy) n.m. reptilian