בַּלֶּשֶׁת, (בלש) reconnoitring troop, quartermaster’s division, marauders. Bets. 21ᵃ; Tosef. ib. II, 6. Ab. Zar. V, 6 (Y. ed. בו׳). Y. ib. 45ᵃ top בשלום בו׳ ובמלחמת בו׳ the Mishnah means when the troop comes in peace, or when it comes with hostility. Sabb. 145ᵇ ed. בו׳, Ar. בל׳.