כשׁף (√ of foll.; cf. Ar. Arabic cut off, cut up, Syr. Syriac to pray (lit. prob. to cut oneself v. 1 K 18:28): so RS JPhil. xiv. 125, 126 Nö ZMG 1886, 723; acc. to RS כֶּשֶׂף is prop, herbs etc. shredded into a magic brew).
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