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Deuteronomy 18:11

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

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וְחֹבֵ֖רvechoverand joinחָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and join”, a verb used as a describing wordH2266to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinatecharm(-er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.חָ֑בֶרchavercompanyחֶבֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “company”, the ordinary formH2267a society; also a spell[phrase] charmer(-ing), company, enchantment, [idiom] wide.וְשֹׁאֵ֥לveshoeland demandשָׁאַלconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and demand”, a verb used as a describing wordH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.אוֹב֙ovbottleאוֹבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bottle”, the ordinary formH178properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)bottle, familiar spirit.וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔יveyidoniand wizardיִדְּעֹנִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and wizard”, the ordinary formH3049properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghostwizard.וְדֹרֵ֖שׁvedoreshand askדָּרַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and ask”, a verb used as a describing wordH1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worshipask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמֵּתִֽיםhametimthe dieמוּתdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.

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American Standard Version (1901)

or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.

World English Bible

or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Darby Translation

or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.

Douay-Rheims

Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

a sorcerer employing incantation, one who has in him a divining spirit, an observer of signs, questioning the dead.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐπαείδων ἐπαοιδὴν, ἐγγαστρίμυθος, καὶ τερατοσκόπος, ἐπερωτῶν τοὺς νεκρούς.