Lexical Definition

‎לָאט‎ lâʼṭ (lawt) secret ^H:N-M
from ‎לָאַט‎ (or perhaps for active participle of ‎לוּט‎)

softly.

• properly, muffled, i.e. silently

1) secrecy, mystery
1a) secrecy, secretly
1b) mystery, enchantment

Extended Information

spelling of: לָט

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לָאט‎ Judg 4:21, etc., see ‎לוּט‎.

Also see: לַהַט

‎לָּט‎, ‎לָאט‎ noun [masculine] secrecy, mystery; — absolute ‎לָט‎ 1Sam 18:22 + 2 t., ‎לָאט‎ Judg 4:21 plural suffix ‎לָטֵיהֶם‎ Exod 7:22 + 2 t.; ‎לַהֲטֵיהֶם‎ Exod 7:11 — always with ‎׃בְּ‎
l. ‎בַּלָּט‎ = secretly 1Sam 18:22; 1Sam 24:5*; Ruth 3:7 so ‎בַּלָּאט‎ Judg 4:21.

2. ‎בְּלָטֵיהֶם‎ with their mysteries = enchantments (i. e. of ‎חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם‎) Exod 7:22; Exod 8:3*; Exod 8:14* = ‎בְּלַהֲטֵיהֶם‎ Exod 7:11 (all P).

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