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also means “to put down” in the sense of literally setting something on the
ground, on a chair, or a flat surface: “… Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood
in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood” (Gen. 22:9).
In a related sense one “puts down” a distance or space between himself and someone
else: “And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob …” (Gen. 30:36). In Job
4:18 the word means to charge someone with an error, or “to put it down” against or to
him. Closely related to this legal use of
is 1 Sam. 22:15, where it means “to impute”
(lay to one’s charge), and Deut. 22:8, where it means “to bring guilt upon oneself.” Other
passages use this verb of putting clothing on, in the sense of setting it down upon one’s
body (Ruth 3:3). So, too, one may obligate someone with a task: one may impose it upon
him (Exod. 5:8).
When used with “hand,”
may signify putting (Exod. 4:21) or taking something
(Judg. 4:21) into one’s grasp. Closely related is the phrase “putting hands on,” or
“arresting” (2 Kings 11:16).
This verb may be used in the sense of “giving for” (in behalf of). So Job says: “Lay
down now, put me in a surety with thee … ,” or give a pledge for me (Job 17:3). In a
related sense the Servant of the Lord would “make his soul an offering for sin” (Isa.
53:10).
In Dan. 1:7
signifies “to assign something to, or give to”; the commander of the
officials assigned new names to them. In Job 5:8 this giving constitutes handing over
one’s cause to another, while in Exod. 21:1 it represents fully stating God’s word in the
presence of His people so as to make it possible for them to receive it fully.
To place or put something on one’s heart means to consider it (Isa. 47:7) or to pay
heed to it (1 Sam. 21:12). The meaning “to fix,” as to fix something in a particular place,
appears in Gen. 24:47: “… And I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon
her hands.” So, too, in Deut. 14:1 God commands Israel not “to fix” a bald spot on their
foreheads for the sake of the dead. Other things may be so “fixed,” such as plants (Isa.
28:25) and ashes (Lev. 6:10). The word means “to make” in Exod. 4:11“Who hath made
man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf …?” The first nuance here signifies the
creation of the thing (fixing its nature) and the second its disposition (fixing its use; cf.
Gen. 13:16). Closely related is the use of the verb to represent “to state, to appoint, or to
assign”; in Exod. 21:13, God will appoint a place for the manslayer to flee. In an
extended sense
signifies “to assign to continue,” or “to preserve”: “And God sent me
before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great
deliverance” (Gen. 45:7). Thus, to set a remnant is to keep it alive. Therefore,
means
“to preserve.” To set glory and praise to the Lord is to establish it by stating it (Josh.
7:19). God’s establishing the plagues on Pharaoh is also an appointing (Exod. 8:12).
B. Noun.
$
, means “something laid down; a deposit or joint property.” This noun occurs
only once in biblical Hebrew: “If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and
lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship [
$
]
…” (Lev. 6:2).
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