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title: שָׂטָה — turn aside · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂטָה (7847), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: turn aside. BDB 1906: vb. turn aside. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂטָה

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«שָׂטָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turn aside** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7847 · **BDB:** שָׂטה

### Glosses

she.will.turn.aside (2); you.have.turned.aside (2); let.it.turn.aside (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turn aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7847/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. turn aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7847/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. turn aside (Aramaic סְטָא, ܣܛܳܐ id.; שְׂטָא stray; Ethiopic ሠጠየ iii. 1 be seduced, etc.; cf. DrJPhil. xi (1882), 205);— Pf. 2 fs. שָׂטִית Nu 5:19, 20; Impf. 3 fs. תִּשְׂטֶה v 12, 29, juss. 3 ms. יֵשְׂטְ Pr 7:25; Imv. ms. שְׂטֵה 4:15;—turn aside, of unfaithful wife Nu 5:12 (abs.), + תַּחַת אִישׁ, i.e. while married, v 19 (+ טֻמְאָה adv. acc.), v 20, 29 (all P); of youth, from (מֵעַל) way of evil woman Pr 4:15, toward (אֶל) her ways 7:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂטָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7847/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 5:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.29/)

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זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּשְׂטֶ֥ה אִשָּׁ֛ה תַּ֥חַת אִישָׁ֖הּ וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the.law of.(the) jealousi(es) that she.will.turn.aside a.wife under husband her and she.will.make.herself.unclean

*JPS 1917:* This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;

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[Proverbs 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.15/)

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פְּרָעֵ֥הוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בּ֑וֹ שְׂטֵ֖ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וַעֲבֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* avoid it do.not pass.along on it turn.aside from on it and pass.on

*JPS 1917:* Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.

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