Lexical Definition

‎שָׂטָה‎ sâṭâh (saw-taw') to turn aside ^H:V
a primitive root

decline, go aside, turn.

• to deviate from duty

1) to turn aside, go aside, turn, decline
1a) (Qal) to turn aside

See Greek: ἐκκλίνω · παραβαίνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׂטָה‎] verb turn aside (Aramaic ‎סְטָא‎, id.; ‎שְׂטָא‎ stray; Ethiopic III. be seduced, etc.; cf Dr^{JPhil. xi (1882), 205}); —

Qal Perfect 2 feminine singular ‎שָׂטִית‎ Num 5:19; Num 5:20 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּשְׂטֶה‎ vNum 5:12 vNum 5:29, jussive 3 masculine singular ‎יֵשְׂטְ‎ Prov 7:25 Imperative masculine singular ‎שְׂטֵה‎ Prov 4:15 — turn aside, of unfaithful wife Num 5:12 (absolute), + ‎תַּחַת אִישׁ‎, i.e. while married, vNum 5:19 (+ ‎טֻמְאָה‎ adverb accusative), vNum 5:20 vNum 5:29 (all P); of youth, from (‎מֵעַל‎) way of evil woman Prov 4:15, toward (‎אֶל‎) her ways Prov 7:25.

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