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כֶּשֶׁף

«כֶּשֶׁף» in the Tanakh dictionary: sorcery — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 3785 · BDB: כֶּ֫שֶׁף

Glosses

sorceries (3); your.sorceries (2); of.sorceries (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

sorcery tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sorcery pl. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. 2 K 9:22 sorcery, only pl. (Assyrian kišpu, id.);—כְּשָׁפִים Mi 5:11 Na 3:4; sf. כְּשָׁפַיִךְ Is 47:9, 12; כְּשָׁפֶיהָ Na 3:4 2 K 9:22;—sorceries: lit. וְהִכְרַתִּי כ׳ מִיָּדֶיךָ Mi 5:11, said of Isr.; רֹב כ׳ Is 47:9, 12 (‖ חֲבָרַיִךְ), said of Babylon. fig. of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2 K 9:22 (‖ זְנוּנִים); of Nineveh personif. as harlot Na 3:4 (‖ id.), called בַּעֲלַת כ׳ v 4 (following מֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי זוֹנָה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כֶּשֶׁף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Micah 5:11

וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י כְשָׁפִ֖ים מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ וּֽמְעוֹנְנִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִֽהְיוּ־לָֽךְ׃

Word for word: and I.will.cut.off sorceries from hand your and soothsayers not they.will.belong to you

JPS 1917: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;

Nahum 3:4

מֵרֹב֙ זְנוּנֵ֣י זוֹנָ֔ה ט֥וֹבַת חֵ֖ן בַּעֲלַ֣ת כְּשָׁפִ֑ים הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת גּוֹיִם֙ בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָ וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃

Word for word: from.[the] abundance of.[the].prostitution(s) of.a.prostitute good of.grace a.mistress of.sorceries [who] sells nations by prostitution(s) her and clans by sorceries her

JPS 1917: Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her harlotries, and families through her witchcrafts.

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