# H5173 נַחַשׁ

נַחַשׁ (nachash), Strong’s H5173: an incantation or augury KJV: enchantment.. Occurs 2 times.

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*nachash* — an incantation or augury

KJV: enchantment.

Derived from [נָחַשׁ nâchash](https://besorah.bible/word/H5172) (to hiss, i.e. whisper a)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נַ֫חַשׁ n.[m.] divination, enchantment

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 23:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=23) — Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob…
- [Numbers 24:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=1) — When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but…