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H8371

שָׁתַת

sha.tatH:V

to appoint

(Qal) to set, appoint

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שׁוּחַ] verb sink down (Buhl distinguishes this as II. ׳שׁ (Arabic () sink down, MI9, 23 אשוח probably depression, excavation, reservoir, so אשיךְ Eccl 50:3), and hence שָׁ֫חָה Prov 2:18, si vera lectio, and following derivatives, from I. ׳שׁ melt away Arabic () flow and spread, melt away, Ethiopic cause to dwindle, phthisis, Aramaic שׁוּחַ, flow or melt away, vanish), whence Lam 3:20; Ps 44:26 but insufficient evidence for I. ׳שׁ in Hebrew); — sink down, Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular שָׁ֫חָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ Ps 44:26 (|| דָּֽבְקָה לָאָרֶץ); אֶלמָֿוֶת בֵּיתָהּ ׳שׁ Prov 2:18 (|| אֶלרְֿפָאִים; but ׳ב masculine, read שָׁחָה, √ שׁחה, AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 82, so Toy); Imperfect 3 feminine singular תָּשׁוּחַ עָלַי נַפְשִׁי Lam 3:20 Qr, Hiph`il declar. תָּשִׁיחַ Kt, of depression of mind. — Ps 49:15 Gr reads שָׁחוּ for ᵑ0 שַׁתּוּ but see שׁתת. —

Hithpa`el Ps 42; Ps 43 see שׁחח.

[שָׁתַת] verb set, appoint (poetry) (|| form of שׁית Ges«GKC:67ee»§ 67ee); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural כַּצּאֹן לִשְׁאוֺל שַׁתּוּ Ps 49:15 they have been appointed (literally they have appointed them, indefinite subject) like a flock for Sh®°ôl, but Gr reads שָׁ֫חוּ (שׁוח), Bae3 יֵחַתּוּ (נחת); שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַים פִּיהֶם Ps 73:9 (|| וּלְשׁוֺנָם תִּהֲלַח בָּאָרֶץ)

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