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title: חַרְטֹם — magician · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חַרְטֹם (lemma:חַרְטֹם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: magician. BDB 1906: n.m. magician. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַרְטֹם

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«חַרְטֹם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **magician** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:חַרְטֹם · **BDB:** חַרְטֹם

### Glosses

magician (1); magicians (1); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

magician [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d8_5b9_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. magician [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d8_5b9_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. magician (BH id., √ I. חרט);—abs. Dn 2:10; pl. abs. חַרְטֻמִּין 2:27; 5:11; emph. -מַּיָּא 4:4, 6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַרְטֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d8_5b9_5dd/), 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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