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# סוּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5496

**incite** — used 18 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

incite [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5496/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סוּת²: vb. Hiph. incite, allure, instigate [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5496/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Hiph. incite, allure, instigate (NH Hiph., id.);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֱסִֽיתְךָ 1 S 26:19, הֲסִֽיתְךָ Jb 36:16; 3 fs. הֵסַ֫תָּה 1 K 21:25 (Ges§ 72 w Köi. 460); 3 pl. sf. הִסִּית֫וּךָ Je 38:22 (Ges§ 72 ee); Impf. 3 ms. יַסִּית 2 K 18:32 + 2 times, but also וַיָּ֫סֶת 2 S 24:1 1 Ch 21:1, sf. יְסִֽיתְךָ Dt 13:7 Jb 36:18, etc.; Pt. מַסִּית Je 43:3 2 Ch 32:11;— incite to make a request (c. acc. pers. + inf.) Ju 1:14 (on text v. GFM) = Jos 15:18. allure וַיְסִיתֵם מִמֶּנּוּ 2 Ch 18:31 and God allured them away from him (si vera l.; del. cl. as gloss Be Kit); so also Jb 36:16 according to De Hi Bu al.; he allureth thee out of the mouth of distress, but Di Du freedom hath seduced thee; for meaning seduce, entice, cf. also v 18. instigate, in bad sense, c. acc. pers., + בְּ against, 1 S 26:19 2 S 24:1 Je 43:3 Jb 2:3; c. acc. pers. alone 1 K 21:25 2 K 18:32 = Is 36:18, cf. 2 Ch 32:15, Dt 13:7 Je 38:22; + inf. 1 Ch 21:1 2 Ch 18:2; 32:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (5); he incited (2); she (2).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 21:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.1/#tree)

וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֥ד שָׂטָ֖ן עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֙סֶת֙ אֶת־דָּוִ֔יד לִמְנ֖וֹת אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.rose.up an.adversary on Israel and he.incited (et) David to count (et) Israel

*JPS 1917:* And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

[Job 36:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.18/#tree)

כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) rage lest it should.entice.you in mockery and.\[the\] greatness of.\[the\].ransom not let it.turn.you.aside

*JPS 1917:* For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5496.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5496/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).