מִקְסָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4738

divination — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

divination tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִקְסָם²: divination tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] divination; cstr. מִקְסַם חָלָק Ez 12:24 (‖ חזון שׁוא); מִקְסַם כָּזָב Ez 13:7 (‖ מחזה שׁוא).

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: divination (2).

In the verses

Ezekiel 12:24 · tree →

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.

Ezekiel 13:7 · tree →

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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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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