Words the Bible translates as diviner
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- qasamקָסַםto practice divination: to seek out or hand on hidden and future knowledge through mantic technique, rather than through a genuine word from God
- ḥartomחַרְטֹםa learned priestly expert in sacred and hidden arts, skilled at interpreting dreams, working ritual magic, and divining; the specialist a pagan king keeps on staff.
- ananעָנַןto practice soothsaying: to work as one particular kind of banned diviner, whose technique the Bible never describes
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- to bring clouds over the earth: to gather cloud cover across the sky
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