Quick Definition
to set
Strong's Definition
to locate, i.e. (generally) hang on or (figuratively) establish, reduce
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bring, ordain, set on.
TWOT Reference: 2441a
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפַת (sha.phat) — to set. 1) to set, place, put, ordain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to set 1a2) to ordain, establish
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אַשְׁפֹּת · מִשְׁפְּתַיִם · שְׁפַתַּיִם
Space | verb qal
to put on the fire = causative action by which humans place a pot on the fire ► to prepare food
Dead | verb qal
Collocation: שׁפת לַעֲפַר־מָוֶת
to consign (someone) to the dust of death, to leave (someone) to die literally: to put (someone) to the dust of death; hence: = causative action by which deities withdraw their care from humans and hand them over to die
Happen | verb qal
to establish, to ordain, to grant literally: to place; hence: = causative action by which deities cause a certain event to take place for the benefit of humans
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁפַת] vb. denom. set (on the fire) base