בְּחַשׁ, to search, examine. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXIX, 11 למֵיבְחוּשׁ וכ׳ to examine … the accounts.—Sabb. 152ᵃ אדלא אבידנא בָחִישְׁנָא I am searching for what I have not lost (of the aged man’s unsteady walk and bent figure). B. Mets. 5ᵇ עד דב׳ וכ׳ until I may search and find it. Ib. 86ᵃ בחוש אבתריה וכ׳ (not בחיש, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) search for him and find him. B. Kam. 97ᵇ
בְּחַשׁ, to stir. Targ. Esth. I, 14.—Sabb. 30ᵇ קא בחיש באילני Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he shook the trees. Ib. 140ᵃ. Gitt. 45ᵃ בחשן וכ׳ stirred a (hot) pot with their hands. Ib. 69ᵇ top.