Lexical Definition

‎שִׁית‎ shîyth (sheeth) to set: make ^H:V
a primitive root

apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.

• to place (in a very wide application)

1) to put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put, lay (hand upon)
1a2) to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to
1a3) to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform
1a4) to take one's stand
1a5) to lay waste
1b) (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon

See Greek: ἀνίημι · ἀντιτάσσομαι · ἀποστρέφω · διακούομαι · διακρίνω · διαχωρίζομαι · δίδωμι · ἐξανίστημι · ἐπάγω · ἐπέρχομαι · ἐπιβάλλω · ἐπιτίθημι · ἐφίστημι · καθίστημι · μίγνυμι · νοιέω · προσέχω · προστίθημι · προτίθεμαι · τάσσω · τίθημι · ὑποτάσσω

Extended Information

• : make/establish

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁית‎ verb put, set (Nö^{Beitr. z. Semitic Sprachwiss, 39 f.}; compare Phoenician ‎שת‎ Lzb³⁷⁵; Ecclus ‎שית‎ Passive participle Eccl 31:27 (?); see also (Nö^{l.c. 41}) Syriac quality, appearance); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שָׁת‎ Gen 4:25 +, 3 feminine singular ‎שָׁ֫תָה‎ 1Sam 4:20 +, 2 masculine singular ‎שַׁ֫תָּה‎ Ps 8:7* ‎שַׁ֫תָּ‎ Ps 90:8, suffix ‎שַׁתַּ֫נִי‎ Ps 88:7*; Ps 88:9*, 1 singular ‎שַׁ֫תִּי‎ Ps 73:28 +; 3 plural ‎שָׁ֫תוּ‎ Exod 33:4 + 3 t., metaplastic ‎יָשִׁית‎ Ps 49:15*; Ps 73:9 (other forms not found); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשִׁית‎ Exod 21:22 +, jussive ‎יָשֵׁת‎ Job 9:33, ‎וַיָּ֫שֶׁת‎ Gen 30:40 +; 3 feminine singular suffix ‎וַתְּשִׁתֵ֫חוּ‎ Ruth 4:16, ‎תְּשִׁיתֵ֫מוֺ‎ Ps 21:10* +, 1 singular suffix ‎אֲשִׁתֶ֫נּוּ‎ 1Kgs 11:34 Imperative masculine singular ‎שִׁית‎ Prov 27:23, ‎שִׁיתָ֫ה‎ Ps 9:21*; Ps 141:3 feminine singular ‎שִׁ֫תִי‎ Jer 31:21, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שֹׁת‎ Isa 22:7 construct ‎שִׁית‎ Job 30:1 +; Passive participle ‎וְשִׁית‎ (Jer 13:16 Qr, but read Kt ‎יָשִׁית‎); suffix ‎שִׁתִי‎ Exod 10:1 —

1. put, lay hand upon, ‎עַל‎, Gen 46:4 (E), Gen 48:14; Gen 48:17 (J), Job 9:33; Ps 139:5 with ‎עִם‎ in evil partnership, Exod 23:1 (E); put ornaments, ‎עַל‎ person, Exod 33:4 (J); compare 1Sam 2:8; Isa 15:9; Job 22:24; Ruth 3:15 lay child into (‎ב‎) bosom Ruth 4:16 put wisdom, ‎ב‎ location, Job 38:36, compare Prov 26:24 ‎אָשִׁית עֵצוֺת בְּנַפְשִׁי‎ Ps 13:3*, i.e. take counsel, plan; ‎׳‎‎סַחְסִי בי‎ Ps 73:28 put things ‎תַּחַת רַגְלָיו‎ Ps 8:7* lay (penalty) ‎עַל‎ person Exod 21:22 (E), sin Num 12:11 (E), compare (with ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ = where) Ps 84:4* nearly = give (‎נתן‎), accusative + ‎ל‎ person Gen 4:25 (J; explanation of name ‎שֵׁת‎), appoint Ps 9:21*.

2. a. set, station, sheep ‎לְבַדּוֺ‎ Gen 30:40, compare ‎לֹא שָׁתָם עַל‎ vGen 30:40 (J); accusative of person = appoint (‎עַל‎ over) Gen 41:33 (E); set ‎לָמוֺ‎ person (‎ל‎ 3 b) + ‎ב‎ location Ps 73:18, so (accusative) Ps 88:7* and (object person omitted) Ps 12:6*, set crown ‎לְראֹשׁוֺ‎ Ps 21:4*, set one (‎מִן‎ partitive) ‎לְכִסֵּא‎ Ps 132:11 set person among (‎ב‎ person) 2Sam 19:29*; Jer 3:19, compare (‎עִם‎) Job 30:1 set watch ‎לְפִי‎ Ps 141:3, snares ‎לִי‎ Ps 140:6*, enmity, ‎בֵּין‎ person Gen 3:15 (J); iniquities ‎לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 90:8, compare Ps 101:3 set, direct face, ‎אֶל‎ location Num 24:1 (J), eyes ‎לִנְטוֺת בָּאָרָץ‎ Ps 17:11.
b. in phrase ‎לֵב לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ set one's mind to, give heed, attention (compare ‎שׂוּם‎ 2 b), Exod 7:23 (E), 2Sam 13:20; Jer 31:21; Ps 48:14*; Prov 22:17; Prov 27:23, with ‎אֶל‎ Job 7:17, absolute 1Sam 4:20; Ps 62:11*; Prov 24:32 I reflected.
c. set, fix, ‎נְּבוּל‎ Exod 23:31 (E; with ‎מִן ֗֗֗ עַד‎), ‎תָּשִׁית לִי חֹק‎ Job 14:13 wouldst fix me a limit, Job 38:11 (‎וּפאֹ יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֺן גַּלָּיךָ‎ De and others here shall one fix it [the boundary, ‎חֹק‎, vJob 38:10] = it shall be fixed against, etc.: but explanation very forced: Me Kau ‎׳‎‎יִשָּׁבֵר ג‎, Bi Bu ‎׳‎‎יִשְׁבֹּת ג‎

3. constitute, make one something, 2 accusative, 1Kgs 11:34 I will make him prince, Isa 5:6; Isa 26:1; Jer 22:6; Ps 21:7*; Ps 84:7*; Ps 88:9* ( + ‎למוֺ‎ indirect object), Ps 110:1; 2Sam 22:12 || Ps 18:12* ‎תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ שֶׁ֑כֶם‎ Ps 21:13* = thou wilt make them (all) shoulder, make them turn their back, flee (compare Ps 18:41*); accusative + ‎ל‎ make something into Jer 2:15 = Jer 50:3; Jer 13:16; Ps 45:17* ( + ‎ב‎ location); accusative + ‎כ‎ compare make one like Hos 2:5* (|| ‎שִׂים‎), Isa 16:3; Ps 21:10*; Ps 83:12*; Ps 83:14* accusative only, make, prepare, feast Jer 51:39, compare ‎שָׁת קָצִיר לָח‎ Hos 6:11 (read possibly ‎שִׁית‎, passive participle), make darkness Ps 104:20 = perform signs, ‎ב‎ location Exod 10:1 (J).

4. internally transitive, = take one's stand (compare ‎שִׂים‎ 4 a) ‎הַפָּרָשִׁים שֹׁת שָׁתוּ הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה‎ Isa 22:7 with ‎׳‎‎עַליֿ‎ (against) Ps 3:7*. — ‎יָשִׁית מִמֶּנִּי‎ Job 10:20 (Kt; > Qr Imperative ‎וְשִׁית‎) is dubious, ‎יָשִׁית‎ = ‎יָשֵׁת‎: De direct (attention) away from me, compare Di (ellipsis of ‎יָד‎, ‎פָּנִים‎, or ‎לֵב‎), Du (sc. ‎יָד‎; reads Imperative); Lag (so Bu) proposes ‎יִשְׁבֹּת‎, Siegf (‎יָדוֺ‎) ‎יָוֵב‎, ᵐ5 Beer (best) ‎שְׁעֵה‎ (Job 7:19), with ‎יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי‎ (ᵐ5 Bu Be Du) for ‎יָמַי יחדל‎ probably rightly. Hoph`al (or Qal passive Ges^{«GKC:53u»§ 53u}), Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יוּשַׁת‎ Exod 21:30 (E) if a ransom be imposed ‎עָלָיו‎, vExod 21:30.

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