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חַרָשׁ‏ n.m. sorcerer

sorcerer Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. 4QEn^b1.3.2 : למא]ל֗ף֗ חרש למ[‏ to tea]ch a sorcerer (or sorcery?) to [.... TgJ Jer27:9 : מִן נְבִיֵיכוֹן דְשִקרָא וֻמִן קַסָמֵיכוֹן וֻמִן חָלְמֵי חִלמֵיכוֹן וֻמִן עָנְנֵיכוֹן וֻמִן חָרָשֵיכוֹן‏ from your false prophets and diviners and dream interpreters and soothsayers and sorcerers. GT E Gen41:8 : וקרא לכל חרשיהון דמצראי‏ he (Pharaoh) summoned all the Egyptian sorcerers. PJ Gen49:23 : כל חרשי מצראי‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 216a; DJBA: 485a; Jastrow: 507; Levy Ch-W: 1:286; Tal Sam: 297; Cook,Qumran: 91;

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Derivatives:

ḥršh, ḥrštˀ (ḥarrāšā, ḥarrāštā) n.f. sorceress

ḥršyw, ḥršywtˀ (ḥarrāšāyū, ḥarrāšāyūṯā) n.f. sorcery

ḥršyn, ḥršyˀ/ḥršˀ (ḥa/eršīn, ḥa/eršayyā ) n.m.pl. magic arts

ḥrš vb. D to practice magic arts