נָחַשׁ (nāḥaš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning practice divination. It appears
11 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5172).
Also rendered
to divine
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1348)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1348)practice divination, divine, observe signs; hiss, whisper, prognosticate; enchanter, diligently observe
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָחַשׁverb: practice divination, divine, observe signs
only Piel practice divination, divine, observe signs
Strong's H5172נָחַשׁ: properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate KJV:× certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) × enchantment, learn by experience, × indeed, diligently observe.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.