Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong; (intransitively) to be rash
KJV Usage: be perverse, turn over
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָרַט (ya.rat) — to push. to precipitate, be precipitate, push headlong, drive recklessly
רָטָה (ra.tah) — to wring. to wring out
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Move | verb qal
to make straight (for something), to move recklessly meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which humans move in a certain direction with speed and without thinking of the consequences
Control | verb qal
Collocation: ירט עַל־יָדַיִם
to thrust (someone) into the clutches (of someone else) exact meaning unsure; possibly: to cast (someone) forcibly on the hands (of someone else); hence: = causative process by which deities use force to deliver humans in the hands of others
1 NUM 22:32 REB "you made straight for me" | RSV NRSV ESV "your way is perverse before me" NIV "your path is a reckless one before me" NJPS "the errand is obnoxious to me" | NJB "your road is blocked" | Seebass "the way will become a scare before me" = רטט
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָרַט vb. be precipitate, precipitate (trans.) base
[רָטָה] (dub.) wring out base
