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Genesis 26:21

וַ יַּחְפְּרוּ בְּאֵר אַחֶרֶת וַ יָּרִיבוּ גַּם עָלֶיהָ וַ יִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ שִׂטְנָה

And they are digging a well of a back-one, and they are wrestling also upon her, and he is calling-out her name `Sitnah.`886


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Strong’s #7856, שִׂטְנָה Sitnah. The feminine of “Satan” #7854 שָׂטָן. Satan means adversary, accuser. The Lexicons are oddly silent on the etymological relationship to Satan. Sitnah is found in one other place,

And in the reign of Ahasuerus in the piercing of his reign, they have written an accusation [sitnah] over those-sitting Judah and Jerusalem.” Ezra 4:6 literal

Probably shouldn’t overlook this.