Brown-Driver-Briggs I. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] as adverb silently, secretly — ׳מְרַגְּלִים ח Joshua 2:1 (JE) exploring secretly. III. חרשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown). II. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] magic art, or perhaps magic drug (Aramaic Forms and Transliterations הַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃ החרשים׃ חֶ֣רֶשׁ חרש Cheresh ha·ḥă·rā·šîm hacharaShim haḥărāšîm ḥe·reš ḥerešLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
practise magic, חָרָשׁ,
magician,
incantation, magic art, preparation of magic potion, so Ethiopic
one using incantations;
incantation, magic; compare perhaps Arabic
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a medicinal broth given to women in childbed; חֶרֶשׁ perhaps magical drug, see RSJPh xiv. 1885, 125) — only חֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים 


