נָחַשׁ

nāḥaš
Hebrew · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
to practise divination
Categories
practice
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. to practise divination

1.a to practise divination practice

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף מָֽה־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם הֲל֣וֹא יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־נַחֵ֧שׁ יְנַחֵ֛שׁ אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֹֽנִי׃

wayyōʾmer lāhem yôsēp̲ māh-hammaʿăśeh hazzeh ʾăšer ʿăśît̲em hălôʾ yəd̲aʿtem kî-naḥēš yənaḥēš ʾîš ʾăšer kāmōnî.

‘Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me practices divination?”’

— Genesis 44 15

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נָחַשׁ (Lemma #2581). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נָחַשׁ (Lemma #2581). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נָחַשׁ (Lemma #2581). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) נָחַשׁ (Lemma #2581), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2581,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {נָחַשׁ ({Lemma} #2581)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/},
}