Study it in the app“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes pass his son or his daughter through the fire, anyone who practices divination, a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,”
There shall notלֹאbe foundיִמָּצֵאamong youבְךָanyone who makes passמַעֲבִירhis sonבְּנוֹor his daughterוּבִתּוֹthrough the fire,בָּאֵשׁanyone who practicesקֹסֵםdivination,קְסָמִיםa soothsayer,מְעוֹנֵןor one who interprets omens,וּמְנַחֵשׁor a sorcerer,וּמְכַשֵּׁף
be present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “yimatse” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “maavir” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsdivination
Trying to know hidden things, as false prophets did.
Where else “kosem” appearspractice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kesamim” appearspractice soothsaying
To seek signs to divine, something forbidden.
Where else “meonen” appearsdivine
Practice divination: look for omens to learn hidden things.
Where else “menachesh” appearspractice sorcery
Practice sorcery; a sorcerer. The law of Israel forbids it (Deuteronomy 18:10).
Where else “mechashef” appears9When you come into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, you shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
10 · This verse (above)
11or a charmer casting spells, or one who consults those who call up the dead, or a spiritist, or one who seeks the dead.
