sa.tar describes an outbreak occurring among the men of a city under affliction.

The sole attested use describes an outbreak among the men of a city as they are struck amid a great tumult.

1. Breaking out among afflicted people · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 5:9, the Niphal sequential imperfect masculine plural form occurs after the men of the city are struck; the APB renders the resulting clause, “and tumors burst out for them.”

   1 Samuel 5:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 5:9, the APB presents the clause as “tumors burst out for them.” This rendering confirms the verse’s outbreak imagery without isolating every contribution of the Hebrew form.