חֲשָׁשָׁא, (preced.) anxiety, fear, suspicion. Targ. Koh. II, 25.—Yoma 83ᵇ אימר דאמרי אנא ח׳ וכ׳ (Ms. M. למֵיחַשׁ, v. preced.) what I said (that a name was an omen) was meant only as an apprehension, but I did not mean it as a certainty. Bekh. 36ᵃ אימר דאמר ר"מ לח׳ what R. M. said, was meant as an apprehension (worth investigating), but not to make one legally disqualified. Ib. ח׳ הוא it is merely a suspicion, ובמקום ח׳ וכ׳ and against such a doubt, we may argue that he had no reason to tell a falsehood. Nidd. 17ᵇ אי בתר ח׳ וכ׳ if you are guided by a doubt, opp. חֲזָקָה; a. fr.