ra.vats describes lying or crouching in place, and in a causative form making a flock lie down.

The prevailing use depicts animals, flocks, people, or the deep lying down, crouching, or settling in a place. The Hiphil forms show someone making a flock or person lie down, while one occurrence concerns laying stones.

1. Lying down or crouching in a place · dominant

   Qal forms describe a settled or crouched posture: the donkey lies under its burden in Exodus 23:5, Judah crouches and lies down like a lion in Genesis 49:9, and flocks lie down without anything making them tremble in Isaiah 17:2. The same use occurs of animals and flocks resting in pasture or habitation, as in Isaiah 11:7 and Psalm 104:22; in Deuteronomy 33:13 the APB renders the clause about the deep beneath as “crouches beneath.”

   Exodus 23:5Genesis 49:9Genesis 29:2Isaiah 11:7Isaiah 17:2Psalm 104:22
2. Making a flock or person lie down · common

   Hiphil forms place the action with one who causes rest or settling: in Ezekiel 34:15 the first-person singular imperfect occurs alongside pasturing the flock, and the APB renders the clause “I will make them lie down.” Song of Songs 1:7 asks where the beloved makes the flock lie down, while Psalm 23:2 presents the same form in a clause rendered “He makes me lie down in pastures of grass.”

   Ezekiel 34:15Psalm 23:2Song of Songs 1:7Isaiah 13:20Jeremiah 33:12
3. Laying stones · rare

   In Isaiah 54:11, a Hiphil active participle occurs in the clause about stones and foundations; the APB renders it “I am the one laying your stones in colored mortar.” The particular contribution of the form is supported by this clause.

   Isaiah 54:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “lie down” or “lying,” and it uses “crouches” for the deep in Deuteronomy 33:13. In Hiphil contexts it renders caused rest as “make them lie down,” while Isaiah 54:11 has “laying your stones”; these are verse renderings in a translation rather than word-by-word equivalents.