נָחַשׁ
nāḥaš

Hebrew verb

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning to practise divination
Literal translation to practise divination
Variants
נָחַשׁ nāḥaš
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2581,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {נָחַשׁ ({Lemma} #2581)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2581/},
}