sa.tah describes turning aside, especially a wife’s departure from faithfulness under her husband, and also avoiding a person’s way.

The dominant use describes a woman’s turning aside under her husband in contexts of unfaithfulness and defilement. In Proverbs, the term directs someone to turn away from a person or warns that the heart must not turn toward her ways.

1. Turning aside under a husband · dominant

   In Numbers 5:12 the imperfect feminine singular form occurs in the condition that a man's wife turns aside and is unfaithful to him. Numbers 5:19, Numbers 5:20, and Numbers 5:29 place the same action under her husband, with the APB rendering the surrounding clauses in terms of uncleanness, defilement, and unfaithfulness.

   Numbers 5:12Numbers 5:19Numbers 5:20Numbers 5:29
2. Turning away from a person or her ways · common

   In Proverbs 4:15 the masculine singular imperative commands turning aside from him before passing on. In Proverbs 7:25 the masculine singular jussive warns that the heart must not turn aside to her ways; the APB then adds, "do not go astray in her paths."

   Proverbs 4:15Proverbs 7:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the term with "turns aside" or "turned aside" in Numbers and Proverbs. In Proverbs 7:25 it also follows the clause with "do not go astray in her paths,".