to rest
ya.nach most often means to put or leave something in a place, and can also mean to leave alone or settle someone in a land.
The attested use most often concerns placing or setting persons, objects, or garments at a specified location. Other clauses show leaving something behind or undisturbed, telling others to refrain from interference, and establishing people in their land.
Senses in use
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Put or set down in a place · dominant
The term commonly marks an act of placing something at a stated location. In Joshua 4:3 the plural form occurs in the command to carry twelve stones to the lodging place and set them down there; in Deuteronomy 26:4 the APB renders the priest's action of setting the basket before the altar, and in Exodus 16:33 it renders placing the manna before the LORD.
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Leave behind or keep at a location · common
Several clauses concern leaving a person or item where it is rather than moving it elsewhere. In Genesis 39:16 the APB renders the woman's keeping the garment beside her; in 1 Kings 19:3 it renders leaving the servant at Beer-sheba, and in 2 Samuel 20:3 it describes concubines whom David had left to keep the house.
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Leave alone; permit noninterference · occasional
Imperative and infinitive contexts can call for noninterference rather than physical placement. In 2 Samuel 16:11 the APB renders David's instruction, "let the Benjaminite alone," while Hosea 4:17 similarly has "leave him alone"; Esther 3:8 presents the king's tolerating a people as the issue.
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Settle or let remain in land · occasional
In land-related clauses, the action concerns establishing or allowing people to remain in a place. Isaiah 14:1 says that Israel will be set at rest in its own land; Jeremiah 27:11 says a serving nation will remain on its own land, and Ezekiel 37:14 speaks of being rested upon the land.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB variously uses "set them down," "place," "laid," "left," "leave him alone," and "set them at rest." These renderings reflect the surrounding clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.