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Re: Witch of Endor
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Originally Posted by Esaias
I believe the Greek version uses the word "ventriloquist"?
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Are you referring to ἐνγαστριμύθους?
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Originally Posted by Esaias
She has an 'ob, and divines by the 'ob. Usually translated familiar spirit. The word apparently means both the spirit power of a Canaanite necromancer or medium, and also the tool they used which if I am not mistaken was either a pot, jar, or wineskin which represented the Underworld and out of which the "elohim" or ancestor-gods would arise to commune with the shaman.
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Like Joseph?
Genesis 44:5
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