שתל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־ת־ל (š-t-l)

Already in Canaanite times loaned from Akkadian [script needed] (satālu).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈtal/

Verb

שָׁתַל • (shatál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future ישתול / יִשְׁתֹּל, passive participle שָׁתוּל, passive counterpart נִשְׁתַּל)

to plant
- Tanach, Ezekiel 17:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְלָקַחְתִּי אָנִי מִ צַּמֶּרֶת הָ אֶרֶז הָ רָמָה וְנָתָתִּי מֵ רֹאשׁ יֹנְקוֹתָיו רַךְ אֶקְטֹף וְשָׁתַלְתִּי אָנִי עַל הַר־גָּבֹהַּ וְ תָלוּל׃
  Thus saith the Lord God: Moreover I will take, even I, of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent;
- 1930 – 2004, Naomi Shemer, עוד לא אהבתי די 9:
  עוֹד לֹא שָׁתַלְתִּי דֶּשֶׁא, עוֹד לֹא הֵקַמְתִּי עִיר
  I haven't yet planted grass / I haven't yet founded a city

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁתַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לשתול / לִשְׁתֹּל action noun: שְׁתִילָה passive participle: שָׁתוּל
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	שָׁתַלְתִּי		שָׁתַלְנוּ
	second	שָׁתַלְתָּ	שָׁתַלְתְּ	שְׁתַלְתֶּם¹	שְׁתַלְתֶּן¹
	third	שָׁתַל	שָׁתְלָה	שָׁתְלוּ
present		שׁוֹתֵל	שׁוֹתֶלֶת	שׁוֹתְלִים	שׁוֹתְלוֹת
future	first	אשתול / אֶשְׁתֹּל		נשתול / נִשְׁתֹּל
	second	תשתול / תִּשְׁתֹּל	תִּשְׁתְּלִי	תִּשְׁתְּלוּ	תשתולנה / תִּשְׁתֹּלְנָה²
	third	ישתול / יִשְׁתֹּל	תשתול / תִּשְׁתֹּל	יִשְׁתְּלוּ	תשתולנה / תִּשְׁתֹּלְנָה²
imperative		שתול / שְׁתֹל	שִׁתְלִי	שִׁתְלוּ	שתולנה / שְׁתֹלְנָה²
notes		Pronounced שָׁתַלְתֶּם and שָׁתַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

נָטַע (“to plant”)

References

H8362 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Nöldeke, Theodor (1903) “Anzeigen: Die Aramaismen im Alten Testament untersucht von E. Kautzsch. 1. Lexikalischer Teil. Hallisches Osterprogramm. Halle 1902. (V und 111 S. Octav.)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 57, page 417: notes the presence in Punic and therefore reasons the root already present in Proto-Canaanite instead of being borrowed from Aramaic into Hebrew

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