כָּשַׁף
Used: 6 times · Key: 3784 · BDB: כִּשֵּׁף
Glosses
sorcerers (3); a.sorcerer (1); a.sorceress (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
practice sorcery tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. denom. practice sorcery tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. denom. practice sorcery (Assyrian kašâpu, id.);—Pf. 3 ms.: וְעוֹנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף וְעָשָׂה אוֹב וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑י 2 Ch 33:6 (of Manasseh); elsewhere only Pt. as subst. ms. sorcerer, in Israel, מְכַשֵּׁף Dt 18:10 (following קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֹנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ); fs. מְכַשֵּׁפָה = sorceress Ex 22:17 (E); mpl. מְכַשְּׁפִים Mal 3:5 (named with adulterers and false-swearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt (חַרְטֻמִּים q.v.) Ex 7:11 (P; ‖ חֲכָמִים); in Babylon Dn 2:2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּים, אַשָּׁפִים, כַּשְׂדִּים).
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «כָּשַׁף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה לֹ֥א תְחַיֶּֽה׃ס
Word for word: a.sorceress not you.will.let.live
JPS 1917: Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֣א בְךָ֔ מַעֲבִ֥יר בְּנֽוֹ־וּבִתּ֖וֹ בָּאֵ֑שׁ קֹסֵ֣ם קְסָמִ֔ים מְעוֹנֵ֥ן וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃
Word for word: not he.will.be.found among you [one.who].makes.pass son his and daughter his in the fire [one.who].divines divinations a.soothsayer and [one.who].practices.divination and a.sorcerer
JPS 1917: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
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