ke.sheph denotes practices associated with spells, harlotry, and actions condemned or cut off in the cited passages.

The attested plural forms denote practices associated with spells and harlotry: they are cited as continuing in 2 Kings 9:22, as numerous and labored in Isaiah 47:12, and as part of the conduct for which judgment comes in Isaiah 47:9 and Nahum 3:4; Micah 5:11 includes the term in a statement of what will be cut off.

1. Practices linked with spells and harlotry · dominant

   Plural forms occur in clauses connecting these practices with Jezebel's harlotries in 2 Kings 9:22, with spells and long labor in Isaiah 47:12, and with the announced calamities in Isaiah 47:9. In Nahum 3:4, the APB renders a woman as a “mistress of sorceries” who sells nations and families; in Micah 5:11, the plural form occurs in the declaration that something will be cut off, though the APB does not visibly isolate its contribution.

   2 Kings 9:22Isaiah 47:12Isaiah 47:9Micah 5:11Nahum 3:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “sorceries” in 2 Kings 9:22 and Isaiah 47:9, and “sorcery” and “mistress of sorceries” in Nahum 3:4. Isaiah 47:12 likewise has “many sorceries,” while Micah 5:11 does not visibly reflect the term in the translation.