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title: מִקְסָם — divination · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְסָם (4738), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: divination. BDB 1906: divination. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְסָם

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«מִקְסָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **divination** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4738 · **BDB:** מִקְסָם²

### Glosses

divination (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divination [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4738/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

divination [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4738/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] divination; cstr. מִקְסַם חָלָק Ez 12:24 (‖ חזון שׁוא); מִקְסַם כָּזָב Ez 13:7 (‖ מחזה שׁוא).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְסָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4738/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 12:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.24/)

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כִּ֠י לֹ֣א יִֽהְיֶ֥ה ע֛וֹד כָּל־חֲז֥וֹן שָׁ֖וְא וּמִקְסַ֣ם חָלָ֑ק בְּת֖וֹךְ בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not it.will.be again any vision of.worthlessness and divination of.flattery in the.midst of.the.house of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* For there shall be no more any vain vision nor smooth divination within the house of Israel.

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[Ezekiel 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.7/)

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הֲל֤וֹא מַֽחֲזֵה־שָׁוְא֙ חֲזִיתֶ֔ם וּמִקְסַ֥ם כָּזָ֖ב אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַאֲנִ֖י לֹ֥א דִבַּֽרְתִּי׃ס

*Word for word:* ? not a.vision of.worthlessness have.you.seen and divination of.falsehood have.you.said? and \[you.were\].saying the.utterance of.Yahweh and I not I.have.spoken

*JPS 1917:* Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say: The LORD saith; albeit I have not spoken?

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