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Genesis 44:5

הֲ לֹוא זֶה אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁתֶּה אֲדֹנִי בֹּו וְ הוּא נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ בֹּו הֲרֵעֹתֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם
Is not this one whom my master is drinking in-himStrong’s ? And himself to hiss is hissing1281 in-him. You have created-ruin whom you have made.`
1281

Strong’s #5172, nachash. Root for serpent, to hiss. Traditionally interpreted as practicing divination, observing signs.