sha.vat marks stopping an activity or condition, including resting from work and bringing practices, sounds, or power to an end.

The verb most often marks causing an activity, practice, sound, or condition to stop; it also describes people, land, and recurring phenomena stopping or resting, especially in relation to work and the seventh day.

1. Bring an activity or condition to an end · dominant

   Hiphil forms mark an agent bringing something to a stop: sacrifice and offering are ended in Daniel 9:27, and the noise of songs and lyres is ended in Ezekiel 26:13. The same use reaches burdens in Exodus 5:5, a kingdom in Hosea 1:4, and the pride of the arrogant in Isaiah 13:11; in these clauses the APB renders the action with expressions such as "cause sacrifice and offering to cease," "cause the noise of your songs to cease," and "bring an end."

   Daniel 9:27Ezekiel 26:13Exodus 5:5Hosea 1:4Isaiah 13:11Ezekiel 34:10
2. Rest or stop from work · common

   Qal forms describe stopping work on the seventh day: God stops from all work in Genesis 2:2, the people rest on the seventh day in Exodus 16:30, and the addressee is to stop work even in plowing and harvest in Exodus 34:21. The land likewise stops during desolation in Leviticus 26:34; the APB renders these clauses with "ceased," "rested," and "rest."

   Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Exodus 16:30Exodus 23:12Exodus 34:21Leviticus 26:34
3. Come to a stop or no longer continue · occasional

   Qal and Niphal forms describe things themselves ending: manna stops after Israel eats the produce of the land in Joshua 5:12, the three men stop answering Job in Job 32:1, and joy, noise, and music end in Isaiah 24:8. In Ezekiel 30:18, the pride of Egypt's strength stops amid the announced calamity; the APB renders these clauses as "ceased" or "will cease."

   Joshua 5:12Job 32:1Isaiah 24:8Isaiah 14:4Ezekiel 30:18Lamentations 5:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses "ceased," "rest," "cause... to cease," "put an end," and "bring an end" for the relevant clauses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation without assigning each English expression mechanically to the Hebrew form.