Hamsa

The hamsa is a decorative & protective amulet in the shape of a hand, sold as folksy superstition. It’s officially from Hebrew ḥmš / Arabic ḵms for “five”. That’s harmless though, so there must be some hidden spook puns.

• Since the amulet is supposed to “shield” from evil, the best pun is with מסוה mswh for “cover” & “veil”. You can H-prefix it to המסוה h-mswh for “the veil”. (It could also mean “veiling oneself”, but it’s not attested as a verb.)
• A secondary pun may be with המצא h-mṣˀ, which is the Hiphi‘el causative for “make found”, “make happen”, which also means “to invent”.
• Together the 2 puns may mean for spooks to “veil” themselves from being “found”, and to “invent” a cover story to “camouflage” themselves.
• The hamsa sometimes has an eye in the middle. This may be a complementing “veil” pun, of נצר nṣr for “guard” with נאזר n-ˀzr, the Niph‘al reflexive form for “veiling oneself” (think “Nazir”).
• The hamsa also sometimes has 2 thumbs. That may be a complementing pun of אגודל שני ˀgwdl šny for “second thumb” with גדל שני gdl šny for “disguised majesty” (thumb & majesty from “great”, for 2nd see number-2).
• Te Hamsa is supposed to shield from the “evil eye”. But the evil eye itself is a spook pun, homonymous to things like “nullified appearance” & “visible evidence”.

(As an aside, the grammar form h-mṣˀ, which means “make happen”, may also be the origin of the handslap called “give five” to celebrate that you accomplished something, i.e. you made it happen. “High five” & “thumbs up” may be similar Semitic puns.)