sha.phat denotes placing or setting in position, most clearly when a pot is prepared.

The clearest attested use is an imperative to place a pot for cooking; the remaining imperfect forms occur in clauses concerning peace and an afflicted speaker, where the translation does not isolate the term's contribution.

1. Placing a pot for preparation · dominant

   In 2 Kings 4:38, the Qal imperative occurs in Elisha's command concerning the great pot before stew is boiled; the APB renders the command "Set the great pot." In Ezekiel 24:3, two Qal imperatives occur in the instruction about the pot and water; the APB renders the clause "Set on the pot and also pour water into it."

   2 Kings 4:38Ezekiel 24:3
2. Setting or establishing in unclear clauses · occasional

   In Isaiah 26:12, a Qal imperfect occurs in the address to the LORD concerning peace, and the APB renders the clause "you establish peace." In Psalm 22:16, a Qal imperfect occurs in the speaker's description of being surrounded, but the APB does not clearly isolate the term within its rendering.

   Isaiah 26:12Psalm 22:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "Set" and "Set on" in the pot commands, and "establish" in the peace clause. Its rendering of Psalm 22:16 does not make this term's specific contribution clear.