Midvash

שָׁפַתshâphath

set, (on the fire)

Pronunciation: shaw-fath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8239

Meanings

Qal: set on the pot, thou settest me. (2 Kings 4:38; Ezekiel 24:3; Psalms 22:16)

2. ordain, establish (Isaiah 26:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 4:38 Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”
  • Psalms 22:15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
  • Isaiah 26:12 Lord, you will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from you.
  • Ezekiel 24:3 Then give these rebels an illustration with this message from the Sovereign Lord: “Put a pot on the fire, and pour in some water.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).