סְחֵי, סְחָא (b. h. 1) (b. h. שָׂחָה) to swim. Part. סָחֵי; f. סַחְיָא. Targ. Y. Gen. VIII, 18.—Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot. ההן דסָ׳ וכ׳ swimming (on the Sabbath). —2) (= h. סָחָה, v. Ez. XXVI, 4) [to scrape, sweep,] to wash, bathe. Targ. Lev. XIV, 8; a. fr.—Y. l. c. עאל מִיסְחֵי וכ׳ went bathing with &c. Bab. ib. 141ᵃ מאן דסָחֵי במיא וכ׳ he who bathes in the river &c. Y. Pes. X, beg. 37ᵇ סְחָה וצחא had taken a bath and was thirsty. Y. Ter. VII, end, 46ᶜ סְחוּן וכ׳ take ye a bath, for your Creator will help you &c. Ib. עד דאינון סַחְיָין until they shall have taken a bath. Ruth R. to II, 19 נחתון מִסְחֵי וכ׳ (not מסחו) they went down to bathe &c.; a. fr.
Pa. - אַסְחֵי to wash, cleanse, bathe. Targ. Job IX, 30 (Ms. אשתזיג, v. שְׁזג). Targ. Lev. XIV, 9 (not ויִסְחֵי); a. fr.—Ruth R. l. c. כי קיימין מַסְחֲיָין יתיה (or מַסְחִין) when they were washing his body. Lev. R. s. 28 עאל אַסְחֵיה (not אסחי) he went in and scoured him (Mordecai); a. e.