II. [עָנַן] verb Po`. practice soothsaying (probably denominative, but original meaning dubious; connection with I. עָנָן (De[Isa 2:6]) now generally abandoned; LöwZMG xxxi (1877), 539 compare עַיִן eye, so WeSkizzen iii. 148 (but see below); RSJPhil xiv (1885), 119 f. compare Arabic nasal twang, hum of insects, whence diviners as crooning; Ew Gerber31 of diviner as interpreting hum of insects, whisper of leaves, etc.; WeHeid. 2, 204 now compare appear, i. e. dealers in phenomena); — Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְעוֺנֵן [2Kgs 21:6] = [2Chr 33:6] Imperfect 2 masculine plural וְלֹא תְעוֺנֵ֑נוּ [Lev 19:26] (H); Participle as substantive מְעוֺנֵן [Deut 18:10] (forbidden), plural מְעֹנְנִים v[Deut 18:14], ׳מְעוֺ [Mic 5:11], אֵלוֺן מְעוֺנְנִים [Judg 9:37] (see I. אֵלוֺן; seat of an oracle, compare RSSem i. 179 2nd ed. 196); also (without מְ, compare Sta§ 233 Köi. 349) עֹנְנִים [Isa 2:6], suffix עֹנְנֵיכֶם [Jer 27:9] feminine singular in בְּנֵי עֹנְנָה [Isa 57:3] sons of a soothsaying woman, figurative of apostates. — see כִּשֵּׁף, II. [נָחַשׁ], [קָסַם].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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