to urinate
sha.tan denotes a male described in clauses about urinating against a wall, often within threats that none will remain.
The attested form occurs in clauses identifying a male by urinating against a wall. In every supplied context, that description appears within a statement that such individuals will be cut off, struck down, or not left alive.
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Male identified by urinating against a wall · dominant
All six occurrences use the Hiphil active participle, masculine singular, in clauses concerning who will remain or be removed. In 1 Kings 14:10 and 2 Kings 9:8 the APB renders the clause "every one urinating against a wall" in declarations that a house will be cut off; in 1 Samuel 25:22 and 1 Samuel 25:34 it renders "one who urinates against the wall" in a threat that none will be left alive.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the clause with "urinating against a wall" or "urinates against the wall." These renderings confirm the clause's overall presentation rather than establish a separate nuance for the lemma.