כַּשָּׁף m. (b. h.; preced.) sorcerer.—Pl. כַּשָּׁפִים, כַּשָּׁפִין. Ḥull. 7ᵇ; Snh. 67ᵇ למה … כ̇שׁפ̇ים (Ms. M. מכשפים) why are they called kashshafim? מפני שמכֹחישׁין פ̇מליא של מעלה because they lessen the power of divine agencies. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXX, end כשפין (ed. Bub. כַּשְׁפָּנִין; oth. ed. מְכַשְּׁפִין); a. e.—V. מְכַשֵּׁף.
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כַּשָּׁף m. (b. h.; preced. ) sorcerer .—Pl. כַּשָּׁפִים , כַּשָּׁפִין . Ḥull. 7ᵇ ; Snh. 67ᵇ למה … כ̇שׁפ̇ים (Ms. M. מכשפים ) why are they called…
References
- Jastrow, כֶּשֶׁף 1
- Chullin 7b:14
- Sanhedrin 67b:6
- Midrash Tehillim 80
- Jastrow, כַּשְׁפָּנִית 1
- Jastrow, מְכַשֵּׁף 1