Jastrow: חָרָשָׁא

חָרָשָׁא, חָרָשׁ m. (v. חֶרֶשׁ; cmp. לַחַשׁ) fascinator, charmer, sorcerer. Targ. O. Deut. XVIII, 10 (some ed. חֲרָשׁ); a. e.—Cant. R. to III, 6. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ bot. עיסקיה דהדין ח׳ וכ׳ it is the nature of a sorcerer that he can do nothing when lifted from the ground. Ber. 62ᵃ bot. (in an incantation) לא חַרְשֵׁי דח׳ וכ׳ (Var. דחָרָשֵׁי … pl., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l, note 8) no charm of a sorcerer or of a sorceress.—Pl. חָרָשִׁין, חָרָשַׁיָּא, חָרָשֵׁי, חֲרָ׳. Targ. Y. Deut. l. c. (ed. Amst. חַרְשִׁין). Targ. Ps. LVIII, 6; a. e.—Y. Ḥag. l. c.; Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot.—Fem. חָרָשָׁא חֲרַשְׁתָּא,. Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 17.—Ber. l. c. (Var. חַרְשִׁיתָא).—V. חַרְשִׁין.