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שָׁתַת

sha.tat

to appoint

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Strong’s H8371Verb2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

they have been appointed1

they set1

In the text

Psalm 49:14שַׁתּוּ
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁתַת] vb. set, appoint (poet.)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.