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title: לָט — secrecy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָט (3909), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: secrecy. BDB 1906: secrecy, mystery. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָט

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«לָט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **secrecy** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 3909 · **BDB:** לָט

### Glosses

secrecy (4); enchantments (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

secrecy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3909/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

secrecy, mystery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3909/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] secrecy, mystery;—abs. לָט 1 S 18:22 + 2 times, לָאט Ju 4:21; pl. sf. לָטֵיהֶם Ex 7:22 + 2 times; לַהֲטֵיהֶם Ex 7:11;—always c. בְ: בַּלָּט = secretly 1 S 18:22; 24:5; Ru 3:7; so בַּלָּאט Ju 4:21. בְּלָטֵיהֶם with their mysteries = enchantments (i.e. of חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם) Ex 7:22; 8:3, 14 = בְּלַהֲטֵיהֶם 7:11 (all P). S. p. 31 for לְאַט gently.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3909/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.3/)

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וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֥ן הַֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖ים בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֶת־הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and they.did thus the soothsayer-priests by enchantments their and they.brought.up (et) the frogs on the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

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[Exodus 7:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.7.22/)

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וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֛ן חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֙ וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.did thus the.soothsayer-priests of.Egypt by enchantments their and it.was.strong the.heart of.Pharaoh and not he.listened to them just as he.had.said Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

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