Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3909
לָט
latlawt
secrecy
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lâṭ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3909is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3909
properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly
The King James renders it: enchantment, privily, secretly, softly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lat is rendered "secrecy". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 7:22But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
Exodus 7:22בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- by enchantments their3
- in the secrecy3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָטַשׁ | latash | to sharpen | Uses5 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם2
- בַלָּ֔ט1
- בַּלָּט֙1
- בַּלָּֽט׃1
- בְּלָטֵיהֶ֛ם1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
three uses
But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑םbelateihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by enchantments their
But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
- בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑םbelateihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by enchantments their
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
- בְּלָטֵיהֶ֛םbelateihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by enchantments their
Ruth
one use
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
- בַלָּ֔טvalatpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the secrecy
1 Samuel
two uses
Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
- בַּלָּט֙balatpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the secrecy
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
- בַּלָּֽט׃balatpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the secrecy
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.