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Hebrew wordlink #184185

OSHB 2 Ki 21:6 אוֹב (ʼōⱱ) Strongs=178 Lemma=‘אוֹב’
contextual word gloss=‘necromancer’ word gloss=‘mediums’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-683 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Manasseh

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Other uses (5) of identical word form אוֹב (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אוֹב’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘a_necromancer’, ‘necromancer’, ‘necromancy’.

LEV 20:27 contextual word gloss=‘a_necromancer’ word gloss=‘medium’ OSHB LEV 20:27 word 7

OET-LV: 27 And_a _man or a _woman if/because he _will _be in/among_them a _necromancer or a _soothsayer surely _(die) they _will _be _put _to _death with_stone[s] people _will _stone DOM_them blood(s)_of_their are_on_them. (LEV_20:27)

OET-RV: 27 Any man or woman who’s a medium or diviner must be executed—the people must do it by throwing rocks at them. (LEV 20:27)

DEU 18:11 contextual word gloss=‘a_necromancer’ word gloss=‘medium’ OSHB DEU 18:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11 And_one _who_throws a _spell and_one _who_consults a _necromancer and_a _soothsayer and_one _who_consults (to) the_dead. (DEU_18:11)

OET-RV: 11 or who puts spells on people, or who tries to talk to spirits of deceased people, (DEU 18:11)

1 SAM 28:7 contextual word gloss=‘necromancy’ word gloss=‘medium’ OSHB 1 SAM 28:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _said to_his _of_servants seek to_me a _woman _of (of)_a _mistress _of necromancy so_that _I _may _go to_her/it and_so _that _I _may _consult (in)_her servants _of_his and_they _said to_him/it there a _woman _of (of)_a _mistress _of necromancy is Endor. (SA1_28:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then Sha’ul instructed his servants, “Find a woman for me who talks to the spirits of dead people, so I can go to her and ask her something.”
¶ “Sure,” his servants told him, “there’s a woman in Endor who can do that.” (SA1 28:7)

1 SAM 28:7 contextual word gloss=‘necromancy’ word gloss=‘medium’ OSHB 1 SAM 28:7 word 19

2 CHR 33:6 contextual word gloss=‘necromancer’ word gloss=‘mediums’ OSHB 2 CHR 33:6 word 13

OET-LV: 6 And_he he _made _pass DOM sons _of_his in_fire in son _of Hinnom and_he _practiced _soothsaying and_he _practiced _divination and_he _practiced _sorcery and_he _dealt _with necromancer and_soothsayer he _increased for_doing (the)_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH to_provoke_him _to _anger. (CH2_33:6)

OET-RV: 6 and he made his sons pass through the fire in the Ben-Hinnom valley, and he practiced fortune-telling and sorcery and magic, and connected with mediums and spirits. He did so much evil in Yahweh’s eyes that it provoked him into getting angry. (CH2 33:6)

Hebrew words (1) other than אוֹב (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘necromancer’

ISA 29:4 כְּאוֹב (kəʼōⱱ) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘אוֹב’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘like, a_necromancer’ morpheme glosses=‘like, ghost’ OSHB ISA 29:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 And_you _will _become _low from_the_ground you _will _speak and_from_the_dust utterance _of_your it _will _be _humbled and_it _was like_a _necromancer from_the_ground voice _of_your and_from_the_dust utterance _of_your it _will _whisper. (ISA_29:4)

OET-RV: 4 ◙ (ISA 29:4)