שָׁתַת
shatat · set, place
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8371 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shatat (שָׁתַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “set, place”.
To set, to place, to appoint. A rare verb, related to the usual "to set".
How to say it
sha·tat
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
- To fix or assign someone or something to a place, with resolve.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- They have set ×1
- they are put ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 49:14
Like sheep for Sheol they are put; death shepherds them; and the upright will rule over them in the morning; and their form is for Sheol to consume, far from its dwelling.
- Psalms 73:9
They have set in the heavens their mouth, and their tongue walks through the earth.