Deuteronomy 18:10:10Deut.18.10.W10TAB
וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃
umekashef
“or a sorcerer”
- Transliteration
- u-me-ka-SHEF
- Extended
- oo-meh-kah-SHEHF
- IPA
- /uməxaˈʃeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a sorcerer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-me-ka-SHEF
- clause
ko-SEM ke-sa-MIM me-o-NEN u-me-na-KHESH u-me-ka-SHEF
- sentence
lo-yi-ma-TSE be-KHA ma-a-VEER be-NO-u-vi-TO ba-ESH ko-SEM ke-sa-MIM me-o-NEN u-me-na-KHESH u-me-ka-SHEF
Exegesis
Successive participles kosem {קֹסֵ֣ם | qō-sēm}, meonen {מְעוֹנֵ֥ן | mə-‘ō-nēn}, menahesh {וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ | ū-mə-na-ḥēš}, and mekhashef {וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף | ū-mə-khaš-šēp̄} are linked by conjunctions to catalogue illicit practices. The coordination reflects a legal enumeration designed to proscribe various forms of occult activity.
Root and etymology
k-š-pk-š-p
“to practice sorcery”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you anyone who causes his son and his daughter to pass through the fire, a practitioner of divination , a soothsayer, an interpreter of omens , or a practitioner of sorcery.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 18:10, so the Hebrew word וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃ (umekashef) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.18.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.10.W10.S1) and character.