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keset כֶּ֫סֶת ‘amulet’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kāsā כָּסָה ‘to cover’
Roots: כסה

keset n, f
1) band, fillet, covered amulets, false phylacteries
 1a) used by false prophetesses in Israel to support their demonic fortune-telling schemes

Mentioned in Genesis 43:18 Ezekiel 13:18

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