אָשַׁף

Biblical Aramaic

conjurer — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

conjurer tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָשַׁף: n.m. conjurer, enchanter tree →

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

The whole Jastrow entry

Dan. II, 10.—Pl. אָשְׁפִין, אָשְׁפַיָּא. Ib. II, 27; V, 11; IV, 4.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (3); conjurers (2); conjurer (1).

In the verses

Daniel 2:27 · tree →

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;

Daniel 4:4 · tree →

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.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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