whisperer

noun

«whisperer» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Isaiah lists whisperers with idols, ghosts and spirits as false ways Egypt turns to.

Interpretation. The Torah forbids such sorcery, and tradition reads this as showing the emptiness of seeking help from anyone but God.

A person who whispers, here a magician who mutters spells. tree →

And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits. (Prophets ISA.19.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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