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# אָשַׁף

Biblical Aramaic

**conjurer** — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

conjurer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e3/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָשַׁף: n.m. conjurer, enchanter [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e3/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (K § 58 a) n.m. conjurer, enchanter (prob. Bab. loan-word; so BH אַשָּׁף);—abs. א׳ Dn 2:10; pl. abs. אָֽשְׁפִין v 27; 5:11, emph. אָֽשְׁפַיָּא 4:4; 5:7, 15.

### Jastrow 1903

אַשָּׁף ²

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Dan. II, 10.—Pl. אָשְׁפִין, אָשְׁפַיָּא. Ib. II, 27; V, 11; IV, 4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (3); conjurers (2); conjurer (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.27/#tree)

עָנֵ֧ה דָנִיֵּ֛אל קֳדָ֥ם מַלְכָּ֖א וְאָמַ֑ר רָזָה֙ דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א שָׁאֵ֔ל לָ֧א חַכִּימִ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין חַרְטֻמִּין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין יָכְלִ֖ין לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Daniel before the king and.\[was\] saying the secret which the king \[is\].asking not wise.men conjurers magicians astrologers \[are\].being.able to declare to the king

*JPS 1917:* Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king;

[Daniel 4:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.4/#tree)

בֵּאדַ֣יִן עָלִּ֗ין חַרְטֻמַיָּא֙ אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖י וְגָזְרַיָּ֑א וְחֶלְמָ֗א אָמַ֤ר אֲנָה֙ קֳדָ֣מֵיה֔וֹן וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לָא־מְהוֹדְעִ֥ין לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then \[were\].going.in the magicians the conjurers the Chaldeans and the astrologers and the dream \[was\].saying I before them and interpretation its not \[they.were\].making.known to me

*JPS 1917:* Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e3.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e3/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).