Qosem is a Hebrew term that properly means "divider." It is frequently mistranslated as "witch."
That may seem malicious, as if the qosem's expertise is separating people or creating strife, but this is not the case.
- Qosem is a kind of diviner whose name comes from a root term that means "to divide or allocate, particularly lots."
- This linguistic use of the word "division" does not transfer well into English; it sounds more menacing than it really is.
- The qosem may be thought of as a method of splitting lots similar to how fortune-tellers deal cards.
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