קֶסֶם qeçem — a lot
Translated in the KJV as divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
from H7080; a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle.
qeçem in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
קֹסֵ֣ם Deut 18:10 Participle (active), masculine singular
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›