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זַכּוּרוּ‏ n.f. necromancy

necromancy JLAtg, LJLA. TgO Lev20:27 : וֻגבַר אוֹ אִיתָא אְרֵי יְהֵי בְהוֹן בִדִין אוֹ זְכוּרוּ‏ any man or women among you who practices conjuring or necromancy. PJ Lev19:31 : שאלי בידין ומסקי זכורו ותבעי גרם ידוע‏ those who ask conjurers and raise (the dead for) necromancy and consult a soothsayer's bone.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 398; Levy Ch-W: 1:221;

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