Study it in the app“And when they say to you, “Consult those who call up the dead and the spiritists, who chirp and mutter,” should not a people consult its Elohim? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?”
And whenוְכִיthey sayיֹאמְרוּto you,אֲלֵיכֶם“Consultדִּרְשׁוּthose who call up the deadאֶל הָאֹבוֹתand the spiritists,וְאֶל הַיִּדְּעֹנִיםwho chirpהַמְצַפְצְפִיםand mutter,”וְהַמַּהְגִּיםshould notהֲלוֹאa peopleעַםconsultיִדְרֹשׁits Elohim?אֶל אֱלֹהָיוShould they consult the deadאֶל הַמֵּתִיםon behalf ofבְּעַדthe living?הַחַיִּים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsconsult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “dirshu” appearsmedium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ovot” appearsspiritist
Someone who claims to consult the dead.
Where else “yidonim” appearschirp, whisper
To chirp, to twitter like a bird; also to whisper or mutter.
Where else “metsaftsfim” appearsmutter
To say something softly.
Where else “mahgim” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears18Look, I and the children whom YHWH has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from YHWH Tsevaot, who dwells on Mount Zion.
19 · This verse (above)
20To the instruction and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is those for whom there is no dawn.
