חָשַׁד (cmp. חָשָׁה) [to whisper,] to suspect (cmp. דּוּם a. דִּימָה). Yoma 19ᵇ, a. e. החוֹשֵׁד בכשרים he who entertains a suspicion against worthy men. Ib. חֲשָׁדוּהוּ (ב)צדוקי they suspected him of being a Sadducee. Sabb. 127ᵇ במה חֲשַׁדְתַּנִי whereof did you suspect me?—Ib. 118ᵇ; M. Kat. 18ᵇ מי שחוֹשְׁדִין וכ׳ whom people suspect without cause; a. fr.—Part. pass. חָשׁוּד, f. חֲשׁוּדָה; pl. חֲשׁוּדִים, חֲשׁוּדִין; חֲשׁוּדוֹת. Dem. III, 5, v. חָלַף. Erub. 69ᵃ ח׳ לדבר אחד ח׳ וכ׳ one who is suspected of neglecting one religious law, is suspected of disregarding the whole Law; Bekh. 30ᵇ. Ib. 30ᵃ ח׳ על השביעית suspected of ignoring the laws of the Sabbatical year. Shebu. 32ᵇ, a. fr. ח׳ על השבועה suspected of swearing falsely (not admitted to oaths). Y. Taan. III, beg. 66ᵇ מפני פרנסת ח׳ for the sustenance of those suspected (of neglecting the laws of the Sabbatical year); a. fr.
Nif. - נֶחְשַׁד to be suspected. Ber. 31ᵇ (ref. to I Sam. I, 16) מבאן לנ׳ בדבר וכ׳ from this we learn that he who is unjustly suspected, must make it known (clear himself). Bekh. 30ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 39ᵃ עד שיֵחָשְׁדוּ until there is reason to suspect them of neglecting the observances of the associates (v. חָבֵר); a. fr.—[Y. Ab. Zar. I, 40ᵃ מתחשד, v. חָשַׁב.]