שָׁפַת
shafat · set on, put
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8239 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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shafat (שָׁפַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “set on, put”.
Set, put something in its place (like the pot on the fire); establish.
How to say it
sha·fat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Place: a pot on the fire; make firm.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Put on ×1
- Set on ×1
- set it on ×1
- you lay me ×1
- you will establish ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 4:38
Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was the famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his young man, “Put on the large pot and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”
- Psalms 22:15
My strength has dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my palate; and in the dust of death you lay me.
- Isaiah 26:12
YHWH, you will establish peace for us, for indeed all our works you have done for us.
- Ezekiel 24:3
And speak a proverb to the rebellious house, and say to them: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it.
And 1 more times.