1) diviner, magician, astrologer

1a) engraver, writer (only in derivative sense of one possessed of occult knowledge)

Aramaic equivalent: char.tom (חַרְטֹם "magician" H2749)

Root √חרט: חרט Syriac Arabic Arabic cut, scratch, tear peel of bark, strip off leaves turn iron instrument for doing this (√ of foll.; Aram.; cf. Ar.(mod. Ar.wood),).

חַרְטֹם n.m engraver writer diviner astrologer magician . only in deriv. sense of one possessed of occult knowledge.