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title: שָׁפַת — set · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁפַת (8239), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: set. BDB 1906: vb.denom. set. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁפַת

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«שָׁפַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **set** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 8239 · **BDB:** שָׁפַת

### Glosses

put.on (3); you (1); you.will.establish (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

set [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8239/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. set [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8239/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. set (on the fire) (NH; v. √; Sab. שפת = bestow, Sab DenkmNo. 8, i. 15);— Imv. ms. שְׁפֹת הַסִּיר 2 K 4:38 set on the pot, so Ez 24:3, cf. v 3 (del. Co, not Krae; Toy allows); later more gen. (subj. י׳): Impf. 2 ms. sf. תִּשְׁפְּתֵנִי ψ 22:16 in the dust of death thou settest me. ordain, establish, 2 ms. תִּשְׁפֹּת שָׁלוֹם לָ֑גוּ Is 26:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁפַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8239/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 26:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.12/)

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יְהוָ֕ה תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ת שָׁל֖וֹם לָ֑נוּ כִּ֛י גַּ֥ם כָּֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֖ינוּ פָּעַ֥לְתָּ לָּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh you.will.establish peace for us (dm) also all works our you.have.done for us

*JPS 1917:* LORD, Thou wilt establish peace for us; for Thou hast indeed wrought all our works for us.

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[Psalms 22:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.16/)

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יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ כֹּחִ֗י וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִימֻדְבָּ֣ק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י וְֽלַעֲפַר־מָ֥וֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.has.dried.up like (the) earthenware strength my and tongue my \[has.been\].made.to.cling.to jaws my and to.\[the\] dust of.death you put.me

*JPS 1917:* My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my throat; and Thou layest me in the dust of death.

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