שֹׁטֵט shôṭêṭ

Meaning

to flog; a goad

In the King James Version: scourge.

Derivation: active participle of an otherwise unused root meaning (properly, to pierce; but only as a denominative from H7752 (שׁוֹט))

Where it is used

• Joshua 23:13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.