a.nan denotes engaging in divinatory practice, including those identified as its practitioners.

The occurrences show a.nan for engaging in divinatory practice and for people characterized by it. It occurs in prohibitions, descriptions of such practitioners, and a place designation associated with diviners.

1. Divinatory practice and its practitioners · dominant

   In Leviticus 19:26, the imperfect plural occurs in a prohibition alongside a second forbidden practice; the APB renders the clause, "You shall not practice divination or soothsaying." Active participles identify persons in Deuteronomy 18:10, Deuteronomy 18:14, Isaiah 2:6, and Jeremiah 27:9, where the APB places them among people consulted or listened to. In Judges 9:37, the construct plural occurs in the phrase rendered "the oak of the diviners," associating the location with such people.

   Leviticus 19:26Deuteronomy 18:10Deuteronomy 18:14Isaiah 2:6Jeremiah 27:9Judges 9:37

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses with "practices divination," "diviners," and "soothsayers." These renderings confirm the verses' general setting but do not isolate a distinct English equivalent in every occurrence; Micah 5:11 does not make the term's specific contribution clear in the supplied translation.