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Hebrew wordlink #56923

OSHB Lev 20:27 אוֹב (ʼōⱱ) Strongs=178 Lemma=‘אוֹב’
contextual word gloss=‘a_necromancer’ word gloss=‘medium’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1490

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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’.

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 KI 21:6 contextual word gloss=‘necromancer’ word gloss=‘mediums’ OSHB 2 KI 21:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 And_he _made _pass DOM his/its_son in_fire and_he _practiced _soothsaying and_he _practiced _divination and_he _dealt _with necromancer and_soothsayers he _increased for_doing (the)_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH to_provoke_him_to _anger. (KI2_21:6)

OET-RV: 6 He even sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering. He practised divination and read omens, and consulted mediums and fortune-tellers. He did so much that Yahweh had said was evil, provoking Yahweh to get angry. (KI2 21:6)

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)