הִרְהוּר, הִירְ׳ m. (הִרְהֵר) 1) thought, meditation, opp. דיבור loud recitation. Ber. 20ᵇ ה׳ כדיבור דמי reviewing in mind (a Biblical passage &c.) is as good as loud recitation. Sabb. 150ᵃ (ref. to Is. LVIII, 13) דיבור אסור ה׳ וכ׳ talking (business on the Sabbath) is forbidden, thinking (planning) is permitted. —2) heated imagination, esp. impure fancies. Ber. 12ᵇ ה׳ עבירה unchaste imagination, ה׳ ע"ז idolatrous fancy. Nidd. 13ᵇ המביא עצמו לידי ה׳ who allows sinful fancies to take a hold of him. Zab. II, 2; a. fr.—Pl. הִרְהוּרִים. Yoma 29ᵃ top הִרְהוּרֵי עבירה וכ׳ sinful (obscene) imaginations are more injurious to health than the sin itself. Esth. R. to III, 1 (play on aḥar) הרהורי דברים היו שם plans (schemes) were there.