לָטlâṭ
secrecy, mystery, always with בְּ
Pronunciation: lawt · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3909
Meanings
1. = secretly (1 Samuel 18:22; 1 Samuel 24:5; Ruth 3:7)
2. = enchantments (Exodus 7:22; Exodus 8:3; Exodus 8:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 7:22 But again the magicians of Egypt used their magic, and they, too, turned water into blood. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
- Exodus 8:7 But the magicians were able to do the same thing with their magic. They, too, caused frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:18 Pharaoh’s magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but this time they failed. And the gnats covered everyone, people and animals alike.
- Ruth 3:7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he lay down at the far end of the pile of grain and went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
- 1 Samuel 18:22 Then Saul told his men to say to David, “The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don’t you accept the king’s offer and become his son-in-law?”
- 1 Samuel 24:4 “Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the Lord is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).