The rendering of Hebrew latim or lehatim, which means "something covered," "muffled up;" secret arts, tricks (Exodus 7:11,22; 8:7,18), by which the Egyptian magicians imposed on the credulity of Pharaoh.
The rendering of the Hebrew keshaphim, "muttered spells" or "incantations," rendered "sorceries" in Isaiah 47:9,12, i.e., the using of certain formulae under the belief that men could thus be bound.
