Lexicon
שָׁתַל
sha.tal
H8362
H:V Hebrew

to transplant

10
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

sha.tal describes placing or establishing a plant, vine, tree, or shoot in a location where it may grow.

The attested use concerns the placing or established condition of vegetation: vines and trees are described as set beside waters, in fields, meadows, wilderness, or streams, while Ezekiel 17:22 and Ezekiel 17:23 describe the speaker taking and placing a cedar shoot on a mountain. The surrounding clauses repeatedly connect this placement with fruitfulness, branches, or, in adverse settings, withering and dryness.

Senses in use

  1. Placing or established planting of vegetation · dominant

    The predominantly passive participial forms describe a vine or tree as already placed in a setting: Ezekiel 17:8 has a vine beside abundant waters for branches and fruit, while Jeremiah 17:8 and Psalm 1:3 portray a tree by water that remains fruitful. The same established placement can be threatened or unfavorable: Ezekiel 17:10 asks whether the planted vine will wither under the east wind, and Ezekiel 19:13 places it in dry wilderness. In Ezekiel 17:22 and Ezekiel 17:23, first-person forms describe taking a cedar shoot and placing it on a high mountain, where it produces branches and fruit.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “transplanted” in Ezekiel 17:8, Ezekiel 17:10, and Psalm 1:3, and “plant” or “planted” in other verses. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for each form.

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