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# sorcerer

noun (sorcerers)

«sorcerer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person who uses magic; a wizard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcerer/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a magician who can cast spells or change into an animal

### Examples

- The sorcerer waved his wand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcerer/#x1)
- The villagers shouted, «Sorcerer!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcerer/#x2)
- The old sorcerer gave them a magic word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcerer/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

The Egyptian sorcerers copied some of Moses's signs, and the Torah forbids Israel to have sorcerers. Later, Babylon's king called sorcerers to explain his dreams, and Jeremiah told Judah not to heed those who said not to serve Babylon.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads their copying as showing the limits of magic against God's power, and forbids magic as turning away from God. In Daniel the sorcerers fail where Daniel, helped by God, succeeds.

### Examples

- Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts. (Torah EXO.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorcerer/#x1)
- 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, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorcerer/#x2)
- Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. (Writings DAN.2.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorcerer/#x3)
- But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; (Prophets JER.27.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorcerer/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sorcerer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcerer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sorcerer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sorcerer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sorcerer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorcerer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sorcerer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sorcerer.html) on Mova free.