בַּלְשִׁי, (בלש) detective, investigator, searching tax-commissioner, constable. Y. Dem. VII, 26ᵃ מקל ב׳ (not מיקל) the commissioner’s pointed staff (with which he searches). Y’lamd. to Gen. XXXVIII, 1 quot. in Ar. בלשיי מסר וכ׳ the constable delivers the prisoner over to the executioner.—Pl. בַּלְשִׁין. Kel. XV, 4 מקל הב׳, v. supra.—בַּלְשִׁיִּין. Y’lamd. to Num. XXIII, 7. [Var. in Hai Gaon בַּלְסַיי.]