Strong's Lexicon

H328

H328 — אַט

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewatadverbOccurrences: 6TWOT: 72b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H328
Word:אַט
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:from an unused root perhaps meaning to move softly
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:at
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:at
Meaning:1. (as a noun) a necromancer (from their soft incantations), (as an adverb) gently
KJV Renderings:charmer, gently, secret, softly.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB354

אַט substantive gentleness, used only adverbially: —

a. as adverbial accusative 1Kgs 21:27 וַיְהַלֵח ַ˜אט׃ and he (Ahab) went about softly (that is, in penitence);
b. with לְ of norm or state (as in לָבֶטַח, see לְ ) 2Sam 18:5 לְאַטלִֿי לַנַּעַר (deal) gently for me with the young man, Isa 8:6 the waters of Shiloah הַהֹלְכִים לְאַ֑ט that go gently; with pretonic qameƒ Job 15:11 דָּבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽח׃ a word (spoken) gently with thee; with suffix Gen 33:14 and I אֶתְנַהֲלָה לְאִטִּי will lead on gently (literally according to my gentleness).


BDB4278

לְאַט לָאַט gently, see אַט below אטט above


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לאט

Concordance entry

EHCC: 6) לב
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