Spell Enchantment
Community Cluster · 4 senses · 4 lemmas
Lemmas in this domain
† I. חֶ֫בֶר n.[m.] company, association, spell—abs. חָ֑בֶר Dt 18:11 + 2 times; cstr. חֶבֶר Ho 6:9; pl. חֲבָרִים ψ 58:6, sf. חֲבָרַיִךְ Is 47:9, 12;— 1. company, band of (bad) priests Ho 6:9. 2. association, society (abstr.), only in בֵּית חָ֑בֶר Pr 21:9 = 25:24 house of association, i.e. shared with a contentious woman (house in common, v. RVm VB). 3. spell: a. as acc. cogn. c. חָבַר (q.v.) Dt 18:11 ψ 58:6. b. alone, of Babylonian magic Is 47:9, 12 (v. LenChald. Magic [1878]; Magie u. Wahrsagekunst, 1878; ScholzGötzendienst u. Zauberwesen, 1877, 80 ff. SayTBA iii. 145 ff. and Rel. Bab 396 ff., 440 ff.).
† לַ֫חַשׁ n.[m.] a whispering, charming;—ל׳ Is 26:16; לָ֑חַשׁ Ec 10:11 Is 3:3 Je 8:17; pl. לְחָשִׁים Is 3:20.— 1. serpent-charming Je 8:17 Ec 10:11; לָ֑חַשׁ נְבוֹן Is 3:3 (prob. general). 2. charms, amulets, worn by women, Is 3:20. 3. whisper of prayer, צָקוּן לַחַשׁ Is 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read צְקוֹן לַחַשׁ ‘Zauberzwang,’ compulsion of (by) magic).
† [כֶּ֫סֶת] n.f. band, fillet (= charm or amulet according to Ephr. Syriac, φυλακτήρια according to ὁ Ἑβραῖος of Hexapl., cf. RSJPh. xiii, 286; in NH כסת usually = cushion, bolster, pillow), only pl. מְתַפְּרוֹת כְּסָתוֹת עַל־ Ez 13:18 women sewing bands upon elbows; c. sf. 2 fpl. כִּסְתוֹתֵיכֶ֫נָה v 20.
† נַ֫חַשׁ n.[m.] divination, enchantment, only abs. נ׳ Nu 23:23 (JE; ‖ קֶסֶם), and pl. abs. נְחָשִׁים Nu 24:1 (JE), both in story of Balaam.