Lexical Definition

‎שָׁתַת‎ shâthath (shaw-thath') to appoint ^H:V
a primitive root

be laid, set. t

• to place, i.e. array
• reflex. to lie

1) (Qal) to set, appoint

See Greek: τίθημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שׁוּחַ

[‎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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