Deuteronomy 18:10 Go deeper
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There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (KJV)
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לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 1
יִמָּצֵ֣אyi.ma.Tze'he will be found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 2
מַעֲבִ֥ירma.'a.Vir[one who] makes pass
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 3
בְּנֽוֹ\־be.nov-son his
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 4
וּבִתּ֖וֹu.vi.Toand daughter his
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 5
בָּאֵ֑שׁba.'Eshin the fire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 6
קֹסֵ֣םko.Sem[one who] divines
Lemma: קָסַם (qa.sam) · Strong's: H7080
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to divine
Used 18 times. Also: Deuteronomy 18:14, Joshua 13:22, 1 Samuel 6:2, 2 Kings 17:17, Isaiah 3:2, Isaiah 44:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7080; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 7
קְסָמִ֔יםke.sa.Mimdivinations
Lemma: קֶ֫סֶם (qe.sem) · Strong's: H7081
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: divination
Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 22:7, Numbers 23:23, 1 Samuel 15:23, 2 Kings 17:17, Proverbs 16:10, Jeremiah 14:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7081; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 8
מְעוֹנֵ֥ןme.'o.Nena soothsayer
Lemma: עָנַן (a.nan) · Strong's: H6049B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to divine
Used 9 times. Also: Leviticus 19:26, Deuteronomy 18:14, 2 Kings 21:6, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Isaiah 2:6, Isaiah 57:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6049B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 9
וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁu.me.na.Cheshand an augurer
Lemma: נָחַשׁ (na.chash) · Strong's: H5172
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to divine
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 30:27, Genesis 44:5, Genesis 44:15, Leviticus 19:26, 1 Kings 20:33, 2 Kings 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5172; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 10
וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף\׃u.me.kha.Shefand a sorcerer
Lemma: כָּשַׁף (ka.shaph) · Strong's: H3784
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to practice sorcery
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 7:11, Exodus 22:18, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Daniel 2:2, Malachi 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3784; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:10 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let no one | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| be found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| among you | → | |
| who sacrifices | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| his son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| or daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| in the fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| practices divination | → | קֶ֫סֶם H7081 divination |
| . . . | → | קָסַם H7080 to divine |
| [or] conjury | → | עָנַן H6049B to divine |
| interprets omens | → | נָחַשׁ H5172 to divine |
| practices sorcery | → | כָּשַׁף H3784 to practice sorcery |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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