Strong's Definition
from 3907; properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
KJV Usage: charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לַ֫חַשׁ (la.chash) — charm. 1) whispering, charming 1a) serpent-charming 1b) charms, amulets (worn by women) 1c) whisper (of prayer)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · לחשׁ
Speak
whispering = action by which people talk softly among themselves to keep others from overhearing
Control
charming literally: whispering; hence: = action by which humans (appear to) control a snake by means of sounds
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לַ֫חַשׁ n.[m.] a whispering, charming serpent-charming
charms, amulets, worn by women
whisper of prayer
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