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title: אָשַׁף — conjurer · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אָשַׁף (lemma:אָשַׁף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: conjurer. BDB 1906: n.m. conjurer, enchanter. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָשַׁף

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«אָשַׁף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **conjurer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:אָשַׁף · **BDB:** אָשַׁף

### Glosses

the (3); conjurers (2); conjurer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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

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

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָשַׁף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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;

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[Daniel 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.4/)

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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.

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