ka.shaph denotes the practice of sorcery and those identified as its practitioners in the supplied verses.

The attested use concerns practicing sorcery and identifying people as practitioners. Participial forms designate individuals or groups among other named figures in Daniel 2:2, Exodus 7:11, Deuteronomy 18:10, and Malachi 3:5, while 2 Chronicles 33:6 describes the action as part of conduct called bad; Exodus 22:17 has a feminine singular participle, though the supplied APB wording does not visibly reflect it.

1. Practicing sorcery and its practitioners · dominant

   The participial forms identify a singular or plural practitioner in lists: in Daniel 2:2 the APB renders “the sorcerers” among figures summoned before the king, and in Exodus 7:11 it similarly renders “the sorcerers” among those Pharaoh called. Deuteronomy 18:10 prohibits finding such a person among the people, Malachi 3:5 names such people among those faced with judgment, and 2 Chronicles 33:6 uses the perfect form for an action listed with divination and the appointment of a medium and spiritist. Exodus 22:17 contains the feminine singular participle, but the supplied APB clause does not make that term's contribution clear.

   Daniel 2:2Exodus 7:11Deuteronomy 18:10Malachi 3:52 Chronicles 33:6Exodus 22:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “sorcerers” in Daniel 2:2, Exodus 7:11, and Malachi 3:5, and “practices sorcery” in Deuteronomy 18:10 and 2 Chronicles 33:6. In Exodus 22:17, the supplied translation does not visibly render the feminine participle; these are whole-verse translations rather than definitions.