Lexical Definition

‎סוּת‎ çûwth (sooth) to incite ^H:V
perhaps denominative from ‎שַׁיִת‎

entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away.

• properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate
• by implication, to seduce

1) to incite, allure, instigate, entice
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to incite (to a request)
1a2) to allure, lure
1a3) to instigate (bad sense)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סוּת‎] verb Hiph`il incite, allure, instigate (Late Hebrew Hiph`il, id.); —

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎הֱִ˜סיתְךָ‎ 1Sam 26:19, ‎הֲסֵיתְךָ‎ Job 36:16 3 feminine singular ‎הֵסַ֫תָּה‎ 1Kgs 21:25 (Ges^{«GKC:72w»§ 72w} Kö^{i. 460}); 3 plural suffix ‎הִסִּית֫וּךָ‎ Jer 38:22 (Ges^{«GKC:72ee»§ 72ee}); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַסִּית‎ 2Kgs 18:32 + 2 t., but also ‎וַיָּ֫סֶת‎ 2Sam 24:1; 1Chr 21:1, suffix ‎יְִ˜סיתְךָ‎ Deut 13:7*; Job 36:18, etc.; Participle ‎מַסִּית‎ Jer 43:3; 2Chr 32:11 —

1. a. incite to make a request (with accusative of person + infinitive) Judg 1:14 (on text see GFM) = Josh 15:18.
b. allure ‎מִמֶּנּוּ וַיְסִיתֵם‎ 2Chr 18:31 and God allured them away from him (si vera lectio; strike out clause as gloss Be Kit); so also Job 36:16 according to De Hi Bu and others; he allureth thee out of the mouth of distress, but Di Du freedom hath seduced thee; for meaning seduce, entice, compare also vJob 36:18.

2. instigate, in bad sense, with accusative of person, + ‎בְּ‎ against, 1Sam 26:19; 2Sam 24:1; Jer 43:3; Job 2:3 with accusative of person alone 1Kgs 21:25; 2Kgs 18:32 = Isa 36:18, compare 2Chr 32:15; Deut 13:7*; Jer 38:22 + infinitive 1Chr 21:1; 2Chr 18:2; 2Chr 32:11.

‎סוּת‎ noun see ‎סוה‎

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