נַחַשׁ nachash

Meaning

an incantation or augury

In the King James Version: enchantment.

Derivation: from H5172 (נָחַשׁ);

Where it is used

• Numbers 23:23 For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
• Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.