Lexicon
שְׁאָט
she.at
H7589
H:N-M Hebrew

scorn

3
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

she.at denotes hostile contempt expressed in vengeance, enmity, and rejoicing against others.

The attested use portrays a hostile contempt directed against others: it accompanies Philistine vengeance and enduring enmity in Ezekiel 25:15, rejoicing against Israel in Ezekiel 25:6, and the treatment of the land as plunder in Ezekiel 36:5.

Senses in use

  1. Hostile contempt toward others · dominant

    The masculine singular noun occurs in accusations of hostile conduct. In Ezekiel 25:15 the APB renders the Philistines' vengeance as undertaken “with scorn upon a soul” amid “an enmity forever”; in Ezekiel 25:6 it renders rejoicing against Israel as done “with all your scorn in soul,” and Ezekiel 36:5 places it with giving the land over for plunder.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all three verses, the APB uses “scorn” in clauses concerning vengeance, rejoicing against Israel, or the seizure of land. These renderings confirm the clauses' hostile setting rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.

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