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title: אַשָּׁף — conjurer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשָּׁף (825), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: conjurer. BDB 1906: n.m. conjurer, necromancer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשָּׁף

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«אַשָּׁף» in the Tanakh 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 825 · **BDB:** אַשָּׁף

### Glosses

conjurers (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

conjurer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/825/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשָּׁף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/825/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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[Daniel 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.2/)

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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.

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