כָּשַׁף

כִּשֵּׁף verb Pi`el denominative practice sorcery (Assyrian kašâpu, id.); — Perfect 3 masculine singular: וְעוֺנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף וְעָשָׂה אוֺב וְיִדְּעוֺנִ֑י 2 Kron 33,6 (of Manasseh); elsewhere only Participle as substantive masculine singular sorcerer, in Israel, מְכַשֵּׁף 5 Mos 18,10 (following קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֺנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ); feminine singular מְכַשֵּׁפָה = sorceress 2 Mos 22,17 (E); masculine plural מְכַשְּׁפִים Mal 3,5 (named with adulterers and falseswearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt (חַרְטֻמִּים q. v.) 2 Mos 7,11 (P; || חֲכָמִים); in Babylon Dan 2,2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּים, אַשָּׁפִים, כַּשְׂדִּים).