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# אַשָּׁף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H825

**conjurer** — used 2 times in the Hebrew 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/tanakh/1488/825/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַשָּׁף: n.m. conjurer, necromancer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/825/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. conjurer, necromancer (prob. Bab. loan-word, Assyrian âšipu COTGloss cf. DlPr\] 41, Aramaic אָשַׁף ܐܳܫܘܽܦܳܐ; v. also Assyrian šiptu, conjuration) only pl. אַשָּׁפִים Dn 1:20 (‖ חַרְטֻמִּים), 2:2 (‖ ח׳, מְבַשְּׁפִים, כַּשְׂדִּים).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 1:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.20/#tree)

וְכֹ֗ל דְּבַר֙ חָכְמַ֣ת בִּינָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בִּקֵּ֥שׁ מֵהֶ֖ם הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַֽיִּמְצָאֵ֞ם עֶ֣שֶׂר יָד֗וֹת עַ֤ל כָּל־הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙ הָֽאַשָּׁפִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and every matter of.wisdom of.understanding which he.sought from them the king and he found.them ten hands above all the soothsayer-priests the conjurers who \[were\].in all kingdom his

*JPS 1917:* And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.

[Daniel 2:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.2/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ לִקְרֹ֨א לַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֜ים וְלָֽאַשָּׁפִ֗ים וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וְלַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים לְהַגִּ֥יד לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חֲלֹמֹתָ֑יו וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the king to summon (to) the soothsayer-priests and (to) the conjurers and (to) the sorcerers and (to) the Chaldeans to tell to the king dreams his and they.came and they.stood before the king

*JPS 1917:* Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/825.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/825/): 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).