תַּחַשׁ, (b. h.) taḥash, an animal the hide of which was used to cover the Tabernacle. Sabb. 28ᵇ ת׳ … בריה בפני עצמה וכ׳ the taḥash of the Mosaic days was a creature of its own kind, and the scholars could not decide whether it belonged to the class of b’hemah (domestic animals) or of ḥayah (beasts); Num. R. s. 6³. Yeb. 102ᵇ; a. e.—Pl. תְּחָשִׁים. Sabb. 28ᵃ עורות ת׳ skins of taḥash. Y. ib. II, 4ᵈ bot.; Koh. R. to I, 9, v. אלטינון, a. גַּלְאַקְסִינוֹן.