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Hebrew wordlink #140229

OSHB 1 Sam 28:7 אוֹב (ʼōⱱ) Strongs=178 Lemma=‘אוֹב’
contextual word gloss=‘necromancy’ word gloss=‘medium’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1056 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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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 ◙ (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)

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)

Hebrew words (2) other than אוֹב (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘necromancy’

1 SAM 28:8 בָּאוֹב (bāʼōⱱ) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘אוֹב’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘by, necromancy’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, spirit’ OSHB 1 SAM 28:8 word 19

OET-LV: 8 And_ Shāʼūl _he _disguised _himself and_he _was _clothed garments other and_he/it _went he and_two _of men with_him/it and_they _came to the_woman night and_he/it _said divine please to_me by_necromancy and_bring _up to_me DOM the_one_whom I _will _say to_you. (SA1_28:8)

OET-RV: 8 So Sha’ul put on different clothes to disguise himself, and went off in the night with two of his men. They went to the woman and he asked, “Please divine for me with a spirit of the dead and bring up the person that I tell you.” (SA1 28:8)

1 CHR 10:13 בָּאוֹב (bāʼōⱱ) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘אוֹב’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘by, necromancy’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, medium’ OSHB 1 CHR 10:13 word 15

OET-LV: 13 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _died in_his _of_unfaithfulness which he _had _acted _unfaithfully against_YHWH on the _message _of YHWH which not he _kept and_also to_enquire by_necromancy to_consult. (CH1_10:13)

OET-RV: 13 So Shaul died because of his disobedience—when he was unfaithful to Yahweh by not following Yahweh’s instructions, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance (CH1 10:13)