I.
כשׁף
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
Arabic
كَسَفَ
(kasafa) cut off, cut up
, Syriac
ܐܶܬܟܰܫܰܦ
(
˒etkašap
)
to pray
(lit. prob.
to cut oneself
,
v.
1 K 18:2
8); so
RS
JPhil.
xiv. 125, 126
Nö
ZMG
1886, 723
; according to
RS
כֶּשֶׁף
is proposes herbs etc.
shredded
into a magic brew
)
.
[
כֶּשֶׁף
S
3785
TWOT
1051a
GK
4176
]
n.m.
2 K 9:22
sorcery
, only
pl.
(
Assyrian
kišpu
,
id.
)
;
כְּשָׁפִים
Mi 5:11 Na 3:
4;
sf.
כְּשָׁפַיִךְ
Is 47:
9,
12
;
כְּשָׁפֶיהָ
Na 3:4 2 K 9:2
2;
sorceries:
1.
lit.
וְהִכְרַתִּי מ׳ מִיָּדֶיךָ
Mi 5:1
1, said of Isr.;
רֹב כ׳
Is 47:
9,
12
(
||
חֲבָרַיִךְ
), said of Babylon.
2.
fig.
of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel
2 K 9:22
(
||
זְנוּנִים
); of Nineveh personif. as harlot
Na 3:4
(
||
id.
), called
בַּעֲלַת כ׳
v
4
(following
זֹונָה מֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי
).
כִּשֵּׁף
vb.
Pi. denom.
practice sorcery
(
Assyrian
kašâpu
,
id.
)
;Pf. 3 ms.
:
וְעָשָׂה אֹוב וְיִדְּעֹונִי וְעֹונֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף
2 Ch 33:6
(of Manasseh); elsewhere only
Pt.
as
subst. ms.
sorcerer
, in Israel,
מְכַשֵּׁף
Dt 18:10
(following
קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעֹונֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ
);
fs.
מְכַשֵּׁפָה
=
sorceress
Ex 22:17
(
E
);
mpl.
מְכַשְּׁפִים
Mal 3:5
(named with adulterers and false-swearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt (
חַרְטֻמִּים
q.v
.)
Ex 7:11
(
P
;
||
חֲכָמִים
); in Babylon
Dn 2:2
(
+
חַרְטֻמִּים
,
אַשָּׁפִים
,
כַּשְׂדִּים
).
[ כַּשָּׁף ] n.m. sorcerer , only pl. sf. ( Assyrian kaššapu , id.; kaššaptu , sorceress ) ; וְאֶל־כַּשָּֽׁפֵיכֶם אֶל־נְבִיאֵיכֶם וְאֶל־קֹסְמֵיכֶם וְאֶל חֲלֹמֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶל־עֹנֲנֵיכֶם אַל־תִּשְׁמְעוּ Je 27: 9.
II.
כשׁף
(
√ of following
)
.
אַכְשָׁף
S
407
GK
439
n.pr.loc.
in (Northern) Canaan, with a king,
Jos 11:1
;
12:20
; situated on the border of Asher
19:25
, Egyptian
˒A-k-sap
WMM
As. u. Eur.
181
;
RS W. Robertson Smith. JPhil. Journal of Philology (Engl.). Nö T. Nöldeke .
ZMG Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft. WMM W. Max Müller, Asien u. Europa .