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title: אַט — gently · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַט (328), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: gently. BDB 1906: subst. gentleness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַט

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«אַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gently** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 328 · **BDB:** אַט²

### Glosses

gentleness (4); my (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gently [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/328/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

subst. gentleness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/328/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** subst. gentleness, used only adverbially:— as adverb. accus. 1 K 21:27 וַיְהַלֵּךְ אַֽט׃ and he (Ahab) went about softly (sc. in penitence); with לְ of norm or state (as in לָבֶטַח, v. לְ) 2 S 18:5 לְאַט־לִי לַנַּעַר (deal) gently for me with the young man, Is 8:6 the waters of Shiloah הַהֹלְכִים לְאַ֑ט that go gently; with pretonic qameṣ Jb 15:11 דָּבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ a word (spoken) gently with thee; with sf. Gn 33:14 אֶתְנַהֲלָה לְאִטִּי I will lead on gently (lit. according to my gentleness). S. p. 532 for לָאט secretly.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/328/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.11/)

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הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[too\] little? for you \[are\].the.consolations of.God and a.word to gentleness with you

*JPS 1917:* Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?

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[Isaiah 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.6/)

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יַ֗עַן כִּ֤י מָאַס֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֵ֚ת מֵ֣י הַשִּׁלֹ֔חַ הַהֹלְכִ֖ים לְאַ֑ט וּמְשׂ֥וֹשׂ אֶת־רְצִ֖ין וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* because (dm) it.has.rejected the people (the) this (et) the.waters of.(the) Shiloah \[which\] go to gentleness and rejoicing with Rezin and the.son of.Remaliah

*JPS 1917:* Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son;

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