From an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, i.e. Practice enchantment); a conjurer -- astrologer.
H825. ashshaph
[אַשָּׁף] noun masculine conjurer, necromancer (probably Babylonian loan-word, Assyrian ašipu COTGloss compare DlPr 141, Aramaic אָשַׁף, ; see also Assyrian šiptu, conjuration) only plural אַשָּׁפִים Daniel 1:20 ("" חַרְטֻמִּים), 2:2 ("" כַּשְׂדִּים מְבַשְּׁפִים, ׳ח,).
אשׁף (√ of dubious meaning, whence following)