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Lexicon :: Strong's H7896 - šîṯ

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שִׁית
Transliteration
šîṯ
Pronunciation
sheeth
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2380

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁית shîyth, sheeth; a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application):—apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, × look, make, mark, put (on), regard, set, shew, be stayed, × take.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x

The KJV translates Strong's H7896 in the following manner: set (23x), made (19x), lay (13x), put (11x), appoint (3x), regard (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x
The KJV translates Strong's H7896 in the following manner: set (23x), made (19x), lay (13x), put (11x), appoint (3x), regard (2x), miscellaneous (14x).
  1. to put, set

    1. (Qal)

      1. to put, lay (hand upon)

      2. to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to

      3. to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform

      4. to take one's stand

      5. to lay waste

    2. (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁית shîyth, sheeth; a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application):—apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, × look, make, mark, put (on), regard, set, shew, be stayed, × take.
STRONGS H7896: Abbreviations
שִׁית verb put, set (NöBeitr. z. Semitic Sprachwiss, 39 f.; compare Phoenician שת Lzb375; Ecclus שית Passive participle Ecclesiasticus 31:27 (?); see also (Nöl.c. 41) Syriac bdb101101 quality, appearance); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׁת Genesis 4:25 +, 3rd person feminine singular שָׁ֫תָה 1 Samuel 4:20 +, 2nd person masculine singular שַׁ֫תָּה Psalm 8:7 שַׁ֫תָּ Psalm 90:8, suffix שַׁתַּ֫נִי Psalm 88:7; Psalm 88:9, 1st person singular שַׁ֫תִּי Psalm 73:28 +; 3rd person plural שָׁ֫תוּ Exodus 33:4 + 3 times, metaplastic יָשִׁית Psalm 49:15; Psalm 73:9 (other forms not found); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשִׁית Exodus 21:22 +, jussive יָשֵׁת Job 9:33, וַיָּ֫שֶׁת Genesis 30:40 +; 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתְּשִׁתֵ֫חוּ Ruth 4:16, תְּשִׁיתֵ֫מוֺ Psalm 21:10 +, 1st person singular suffix אֲשִׁתֶ֫נּוּ 1 Kings 11:34; Imperative masculine singular שִׁית Proverbs 27:23, שִׁיתָ֫ה Psalm 9:21 [Psalm 9:20]; Psalm 141:3; feminine singular שִׁ֫תִי Jeremiah 31:21, etc.; Infinitive absolute שֹׁת Isaiah 22:7; construct שִׁית Job 30:1 +; Passive participle וְשִׁית (Jeremiah 13:16 Qr, but read Kt יָשִׁית); suffix שִׁתִי Exodus 10:1; —
1. put, lay hand upon, עַל, Genesis 46:4 (E), Genesis 48:14, 17 (J), Job 9:33; Psalm 139:5; with עִם in evil partnership, Exodus 23:1 (E); put ornaments, עַל person, Exodus 33:4 (J); compare 1 Samuel 2:8; Isaiah 15:9; Job 22:24; Ruth 3:15; lay child into (ב) bosom Ruth 4:16; put wisdom, ב location, Job 38:36, compare Proverbs 26:24; אָשִׁית עֵצוֺת בְּנַפְשִׁי Psalm 13:3, i.e. take counsel, plan; סַחְסִי בי׳ Psalm 73:28; put things תַּחַת רַגְלָיו Psalm 8:7; lay (penalty) עַל person Exodus 21:22 (E), sin Numbers 12:11 (E), compare (with אֲשֶׁר = where) Psalm 84:4; nearly = give (נתן), accusative + ל person Genesis 4:25 (J; explanation of name שֵׁת), appoint Psalm 9:21 [Psalm 9:20].
2.
a. set, station, sheep לְבַדּוֺ Genesis 30:40, compare לֹא שָׁתָם עַל Genesis 30:40 (J); accusative of person = appoint (עַל over) Genesis 41:33 (E); set לָמוֺ person (ל 3b) + ב location Psalm 73:18, so (accusative) Psalm 88:7 and (object person omitted) Psalm 12:6, set crown לְראֹשׁוֺ Psalm 21:4, set one (מִן partitive) לְכִסֵּא Psalm 132:11; set person among (ב person) 2 Samuel 19:29; Jeremiah 3:19, compare (עִם) Job 30:1; set watch לְפִי Psalm 141:3, snares לִי Psalm 140:6, enmity, בֵּין person Genesis 3:15 (J); iniquities לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 90:8, compare Psalm 101:3; set, direct face, אֶל location Numbers 24:1 (J), eyes לִנְטוֺת בָּאָרָץ Psalm 17:11.
b. in phrase לֵב לְ שׁ׳ set one's mind to, give heed, attention (compare שׂוּם 2b), Exodus 7:23 (E), 2 Samuel 13:20; Jeremiah 31:21; Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 27:23, with אֶל Job 7:17, absolute 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalm 62:11; Proverbs 24:32 I reflected.
c. set, fix, נְּבוּל Exodus 23:31 (E; with מִן ֗֗֗ עַד), תָּשִׁית לִי חֹק Job 14:13 wouldst fix me a limit, Job 38:11 (וּפאֹ יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֺן גַּלָּיךָ De and others here shall one fix it [the boundary, חֹק, Job 38:10] = it shall be fixed against, etc.: but explanation very forced: Me Kau יִשָּׁבֵר ג׳, Bi Bu יִשְׁבֹּת ג׳
3. constitute, make one something, 2 accusative, 1 Kings 11:34 I will make him prince, Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 26:1; Jeremiah 22:6; Psalm 21:7; Psalm 84:7; Psalm 88:9)+ למוֺ indirect object), Psalm 110:1; 2 Samuel 22:12 || Psalm 18:12; תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ שֶׁ֑כֶם Psalm 21:13 = thou wilt make them (all) shoulder, make them turn their back, flee (compare Psalm 18:41); accusative + ל make something into Jeremiah 2:15 = Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 45:17)+ ב location); accusative + כ compare make one like Hosea 2:5 (|| שִׂים), Isaiah 16:3; Psalm 21:10; Psalm 83:12; Psalm 83:14; accusative only, make, prepare, feast Jeremiah 51:39, compare שָׁת קָצִיר לָח Hosea 6:11 (read possibly שִׁית, passive participle), make darkness Psalm 104:20; = perform signs, ב location Exodus 10:1 (J).
4. internally transitive, = take one's stand (compare שִׂים 4a) הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה שָׁתוּ שֹׁת הַפָּרָשִׁים Isaiah 22:7; with עַליֿ׳ (against) Psalm 3:7. — יָשִׁית מִמֶּנִּי Job 10:20 (Kt; > Qr Imperative וְשִׁית) is dubious, יָשִׁית = יָשֵׁת : De direct (attention) away from me, compare Di (ellipsis of יָד, פָּנִים, or לֵב), Du (sc. יָד; reads Imperative); Lag (so Bu) proposes יִשְׁבֹּת, Siegf (יָדוֺ) יָוֵב, Greek Version of the LXX Beer (best) שְׁעֵה (Job 7:19), with יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי (Greek Version of the LXX Bu Be Du) for יָמַי יחדל probably rightly.
Hoph. (or Qal passive Ges§ 53 u), Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּשַׁת Exodus 21:30 (E) if a ransom be imposed עָלָיו, Exodus 21:30.
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Strong's Number H7896 matches the Hebrew שִׁית (šîṯ),
which occurs 86 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 84:3–Hos 6:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 -

Even the bird has found a home,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets H7896 her young,

At Your altars, O Yahweh of hosts,

My King and my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 -

Passing through the valley of [fn]Baca they make H7896 it a [fn]spring;

The early rain also wraps it up with blessings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 -

You have put H7896 me in the pit far below,

In dark places, in the depths.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 -

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;

You have set H7896 me as [fn]an abomination to them;

I am shut up and cannot go out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 -

You have set H7896 our iniquities before You,

Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3 -

I will set H7896 no vile thing before my eyes;

I hate the [fn]work of those who fall away;

It shall not cling to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 -

You appoint H7896 darkness so that it becomes night,

In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:1 -

Of David. A Psalm.

Yahweh says to my Lord:

“Sit at My right hand

Until I put H7896 Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 -

Yahweh has sworn to David

A truth from which He will not turn back:

“Of the fruit of your [fn]body I will set H7896 upon your throne.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 -

You have enclosed me behind and before,

And You have put H7896 Your hand upon me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;

They have spread a net by the [fn]wayside;

They have set H7896 snares for me. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 -

Set H7896 a guard, O Yahweh, [fn]over my mouth;

Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17 -

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,

And set H7896 your heart on my knowledge;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 -

And I beheld, I set H7896 my heart upon it;

I saw, I received discipline.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 -

He who hates disguises it with his lips,

But he sets H7896 up deceit within himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 -

Know well the [fn]condition of your flocks,

And pay H7896 attention to your herds;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 -

“I will lay H7896 it waste;

It will not be pruned or hoed,

But briars and thorns will come up.

I will also command the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 -

For the waters of Dimon are full of [fn]blood;

Surely I will put H7896 added woes upon Dimon,

A lion upon those of Moab who have escaped and upon the remnant of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 -

“Bring us counsel, make a decision;

[fn]Cast H7896 your shadow like night [fn]at high noon;

Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7 -

Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,

And the horsemen took H7896 up fixed H7896 positions H7896 at the gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 -

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;

He sets H7896 up H7896 walls and ramparts for salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 -

“The young lions have roared at him;

They have given forth their voice.

And they have made H7896 his land a desolation;

His cities have been turned into ruin, without inhabitant.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 -

“Then I said,

‘How I would set H7896 you among [fn]My sons

And give you a pleasant land,

The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’

And I said, ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,”

And not turn away from following Me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 -

Give glory to Yahweh your God,

Before He brings darkness

And before your feet [fn]stumble

On the dusky mountains;

And while you are hoping for light,

He makes it into the shadow of death

And turns H7896 it into dense gloom.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“You are like Gilead to Me,

Like the summit of Lebanon;

Yet most assuredly I will make H7896 you like a wilderness,

Like cities which are not inhabited.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:21 -

“Set up roadmarks for yourself,

Place for yourself guideposts;

Set H7896 your heart to the highway,

The way by which you went.

Return, O virgin of Israel,

Return to these your cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 -

“For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make H7896 her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off; they have gone away!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 -

“When they become heated up, I will set H7896 before them their feast

And make them drunk, that they may exult

And may sleep a perpetual sleep

And not wake up,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:3 -

Lest I strip her naked

And set her forth as on the day when she was born

And make her like a wilderness

And [fn]make H7896 her like dry land

And put her to death with thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:11 -

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest set for you

When I restore the fortunes of My people,


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