שׂוּם
to put
also: place, set, appoint, make fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘set’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H7760 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 50 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:7 תְשִׂימֻ֖/נִי Qal impf 2mp + sfx pers 1cs In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; For in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.
- Isaiah 5:20 שָׂמִ֨ים שָׂמִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp Qal ptcp.act mp Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, And light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, And sweet for bitter!
- Isaiah 10:6 ו/ל/שימ/ו וּ/לְ/שׂוּמ֥/וֹ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Isaiah 13:9 לָ/שׂ֤וּם prep + Qal inf.cs Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.
- Isaiah 14:17 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it; who didn't let loose his prisoners to their home?"
- Isaiah 14:23 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֛י/הָ conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 21:4 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms My heart flutters, horror has frightened me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
- Isaiah 23:13 שָׂמָ֖/הּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces of it; they made it a ruin.
- Isaiah 25:2 שַׂ֤מְתָּ Qal pf 2ms For you have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
- Isaiah 27:9 בְּ/שׂוּמ֣/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
- Isaiah 28:15 שַׂ֧מְנוּ Qal pf 1cp Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
- Isaiah 28:17 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
- Isaiah 28:25 וְ/שָׂ֨ם conj + Qal wpf 3ms When he has leveled the surface of it, doesn't he cast abroad the dill, and scatter the cumin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it?
- Isaiah 37:29 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י conj + Qal wpf 1cs Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
- Isaiah 41:15 שַׂמְתִּ֗י/ךְ תָּשִֽׂים Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2fs Qal impf 2ms Behold, I have made you [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
- Isaiah 41:18 אָשִׂ֤ים Qal impf 1cs I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Isaiah 41:19 אָשִׂ֣ים Qal impf 1cs I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together:
- Isaiah 41:20 וְ/יָשִׂ֤ימוּ conj + Qal impf 3mp that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- Isaiah 41:22 וְ/נָשִׂ֤ימָה conj + Qal coh 1cp Let them bring forth, and declare to us what shall happen: declare you the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
- Isaiah 42:4 יָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 3ms He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Isaiah 42:12 יָשִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impf 3mp Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.
- Isaiah 42:15 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
- Isaiah 42:16 אָשִׂים֩ Qal impf 1cs I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know; in paths that they don't know will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 42:25 יָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 3ms Therefore he poured on him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he didn't know; and it burned him, yet he didn't lay it to heart.
- Isaiah 43:19 אָשִׂ֤ים Qal impf 1cs Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
- Isaiah 44:7 מִ/שּׂוּמִ֖/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall happen, let them declare.
- Isaiah 47:6 שַׂ֤מְתְּ Qal pf 2fs I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; on the aged have you very heavily laid your yoke.
- Isaiah 47:7 שַׂ֥מְתְּ Qal pf 2fs You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
- Isaiah 49:2 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם וַ/יְשִׂימֵ֨/נִי֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:
- Isaiah 49:11 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֥י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
- Isaiah 50:2 אָשִׂ֤ים Qal impf 1cs Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
- Isaiah 50:3 אָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 1cs I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
- Isaiah 50:7 שַׂ֤מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
- Isaiah 51:3 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
- Isaiah 51:10 הַ/שָּׂ֨מָה֙ ptcl inter + Qal pf 3fs Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
- Isaiah 51:16 וָ/אָשִׂ֤ים conj + Qal wimpf 1cs I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my people.
- Isaiah 51:23 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י/הָ֙ וַ/תָּשִׂ֤ימִי conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs conj + Qal wimpf 2fs and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.
- Isaiah 53:10 תָּשִׂ֤ים Qal impf 3fs Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
- Isaiah 54:12 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י conj + Qal pf 1cs I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of emeralds, and all your border of precious stones.
- Isaiah 57:1 שָׂ֣ם Qal ptcp.act ms The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
- Isaiah 57:7 שַׂ֖מְתְּ Qal pf 2fs On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.
- Isaiah 57:8 שַׂ֖מְתְּ Qal pf 2fs Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial: for you have uncovered [yourself] to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it.
- Isaiah 57:11 שַׂ֖מְתְּ Qal pf 2fs Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?
- Isaiah 59:21 שַׂ֣מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs As for me, this is my covenant with them, says Yahweh: my Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed, says Yahweh, from henceforth and forever.
- Isaiah 60:15 וְ/שַׂמְתִּי/ךְ֙ conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2fs Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
- Isaiah 60:17 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י conj + Qal wpf 1cs For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
- Isaiah 61:3 לָ/שׂ֣וּם prep + Qal inf.cs to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Isaiah 62:7 יָשִׂ֧ים Qal impf 3ms and give him no rest, until he establish, and until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
- Isaiah 63:11 הַ/שָּׂ֥ם ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
- Isaiah 66:19 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
שום (sûwm) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to put.” Where the King James Version keeps “laid,” modern versions use “put” — see the renderings breakdown. With 550 verses in 37 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 2:8. Read the stem: it spans 3 stems, including Qal and Hiphil. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7760 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 550
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 550 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #83
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 83 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 550 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 550 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 293 verses · 53%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 144 verses · 26%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 113 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Put 74×, Set 42×, Made 18×
- American Standard Version†: Put 64×, Set 41×, I will make 18×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Put 46×, Set 21×, I will make 14×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Put 63×, Set 61×, He put 28×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7760 across 583† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 205 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7760 across 581† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 210 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7760 across 561† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 244 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 20 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7760 across 669† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 165 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
26 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 26 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שום I put, place, set (cf. NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שָׂם Gn 21:14 + (2 Ch 1:5 read שָׂם 𝔊 𝔙 Gi Be Kau Benz), sf. שָׂמוֹ Ez 17:4 +, שָׂמָ֫הוּ 7:20; 3 fs. שָׂ֫מָה 1 S 19:13, sf. שָׂמָ֫תְהוּ Ez 19:5; 24:7; 2 ms. שַׂמְתָּ Je 32:20 +; 3 pl. שָׂמוּ Gn 40:15 +; 1 pl. שַׂמְנוּ Is 28:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָשׂוּם Ex 4:11, יָשִׂים Gn 30:42 +, יָשִׂם Jb 23:6; juss. יָשֵׂם 1 S 22:15 +; וַיָּ֫שֶׂם Gn 2:8 +; sf. יְשִׂמֵנִי 2 S 15:4, וַיְשִׂימְךָ 1 K 10:9; 2 fs. וַתָּשִׂימִי Is 51:23; וָאָשִׂים 1 S 28:21 +, וָאָשִׂ֫ימָה Ezr 8:17; Ju 12:3 Qr (Kt ואישׂמה); 2 mpl. תָּשִׂימוּ Gn 32:17 +, תְּשִׂימ֫וּן Ex 22:24 +, etc.; Imv. ms. שִׂים Gn 24:2 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שׂוֹם Dt 17:15 +, cstr. שׂוּם 44:7 +, שִׂים Jb 20:4 + 2 S 14:7 Qr (Kt שׂום), שׂימו Is 10:6 Kt (Qr שׂוּמוֹ), etc.; Pt. שָׂם Am 7:8 +, fs. הַשָּׂמָ֫ה Is 51:10 (so read for MT הַשָּׂ֫מָה); pl. שָׂמִים Mal 2:2 +; pass. שִׂים Nu 24:21 (cf. Di), Ob 4; f. according to most שׂוּמָה 2 S 13:32 (van d. H. שׂימה Kt), but v. infr.; שִׂימָ֫ה ψ 56:9 Bae Buhl, but most Imv. ms.;—put, set (often ‖ נָתָן 2, q.v.), c. acc. pers. vel rei (expr. or impl.): e.g. Genesis 21:14
- 1.
- a. put, set, in a place, + שָׁם Gn 2:8 (J), + acc. loc. 28:11 (E) + 5 times +, c. 2 acc. + loc., 2 K 10:8 heads (in) heaps at (acc. loc.), cf. Lv 24:6 (עַל); + ב 40:15 (E), fig. of י׳, put his name, בִּירוּשׁ׳ 2 K 21:7 = 2 Ch 33:7, cf. c. שָׁם 1 K 9:3; Dt 12:5 + 6 times; especially ב of receptacle Gn 31:34 (E), Ex 2:3 (E), Ju 6:19 + often; sackcloth on (ב) loins Gn 37:34 (J), 1 K 20:31, crown on head Zc 6:11; Est 1:17, shoes on feet Ez 24:17; hook, etc., in nose 2 K 19:28 = Is 37:29; Jb 40:26, incense בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ Dt 33:10, i.e. cause thee (י׳) to smell it; feet in stocks (fig.) Jb 13:27; 33:11; knife into throat Pr 23:2 (fig. of self-restraint, Fl in De); words into mouth Ex 4:15 (J), Nu 22:38 (E) + 8 times, + Dt 31:19 teach to say or sing; into heart Jb 22:22, ins. also 1 S 29:10 𝔊 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; trust in God ψ 78:7; (guilt of) blood into house Dt 22:8, cf. Ju 9:24 (עַל pers.; so, c. נָתַן Dt 21:8; Je 26:15; Jon 1:14); something into hand Ex 4:21 (E), of wonders, i.e. enable hand to do them; elsewhere = take, of hammer Ju 4:21, booty 1 K 20:6, so (fig.) take one’s life (נֶפֶשׁ) into one’s palm (i.e. risk it) Ju 12:3; 1 S 19:5; 28:21; Jb 13:14; put eyes בַּפּוּךְ 2 K 9:30 (v. פּוּךְ, cf. Is 54:11); נֶפֶשׁ (= person), בַּחַיִּים ψ 66:9 (subj. י׳); set men at (the use of) implements 2 S 12:31 (prob., cf. Dr HPS; > וַיָּשַׂר(ם) sawed them with, as ‖ 1 Ch 20:3, Th We); 1 K 2:5 (‖ נתן) is dub.; 𝔊L Klo Kit read וַיִּקֹּם; charge something against (ב pers.; properly put in, i.e. attribute, impute, to) 1 S 22:15; Jb 4:18; so, c. ל pers. Dt 22:14, cf. (ל om.) v 17; put בְּקֶרֶב Am 7:8; Is 63:11, בְּתוֹךְ Ez 26:12. e.g. Genesis 2:8
- b. put something upon (עַל) Nu 21:8, 9 (E) + often; jewels, clothes, on person Gn 24:17 (J), 41:42 (E), Lv 8:8 (P), Ru 3:3, turban Zc 3:5(×2); Ex 29:5 (P), Lv 8:9 (P) cf. (prep. om.) Jb 24:15; 36:13 (fig.), girdle Je 13:1, 2, sackcloth 1 K 21:27; שׂ׳ אָדָם עַל־הָאָרֶץ Jb 20:4 (of man’s creation); of siege and siege engines, עַל = against, Mi 4:14; Ez 4:2; 23:24; put, lay, upon (עַל), 2 K 4:29 +; hand Gn 48:18 (J) + 3 times, + upon mouth, in silence Ju 18:19; Jb 21:5, and awe Mi 7:16, so c. ל Jb 29:9, לְמוֹ 40:4, 40, upon (עַל) head 2 S 13:19 (in despair, cf. Je 2:37); acc. of disease Ex 15:26 (J), so (ב pers.) v 26 Dt 7:16; fig., spirit (עַל) Nu 11:17 (JE), name 6:27 (P), duty Jb 37:15 (?), reproach 1 S 11:2, רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה ψ 109:5 (𝔖 Bae וַיָשִׁיבוּ, so, or וַיְשַׁלְּמוּ, Hup Che); שׂ׳ עַל לֵב Ct 8:6 (sim.), so, fig., = remember, treasure up, Is 42:25; 47:7 (‖ זָכַר), + 6 times, c. אֶל 2 S 13:33; 19:20 (‖ id.); c. ב 1 S 21:13; cf. שׂ׳ בְּאָזְנֵי Ex 17:14 (E), impress upon. e.g. Numbers 21:8
- c. put, lay, set, c. ל, 2 K 11:16 lay (violent) hands on = 2 Ch 23:15; put end to Jb 18:2; 28:3; set לְמָרוֹם 5:11; render glory to Jos 7:19 (JE; ‖ נָתַן), Is 42:12; make covenant with 2 S 23:5; set food for Gn 43:32 (J), 2 S 12:20, prep. om. Gn 43:31 (J), so c. לִפְנֵי 1 S 9:24; 28:22; 2 K 6:22; שׂ׳ לִפְנֵי elsewhere Ju 18:21, of precedence Gn 48:20b (E); set laws (as authoritative) לִפְנֵי Ex 19:7; 21:1 (both E), Dt 4:44; God (as moral ruler) לְנֶגְדָּם ψ 54:5; 86:14; שׂ׳ נֶגֶד also Gn 31:37 (E), נֹכַח Ez 14:4, 7; לְעֵינֵי Gn 30:41 (J). e.g. 2 Kings 11:16
- d. put, c. בֵּין Jos 24:7 (E) + 5 times (Ex 8:19 v. פְּדוּת p. 804), + Gn 30:36 (J), 32:17 (E), put space between; c. תַּחַת Ex 17:12 (E), + 3 times (Ob 7 del. לַחְמְךָ We GASm Now al.) + שׂ׳ יָד תַּחַת יָרֵךְ in oath Gn 24:2, 9; 47:29 (all J); put, c. אֶל loc. 1 S 6:11, 15; 19:13a Hb 2:15, אֶל pers. Jb 5:8 commit unto; c. אֵצֶל rei Lv 6:3 (P), מִצַּד rei Dt 31:26 (P); שׂ׳ עִמְּךָ 1 S 9:23 lay up something with thee, reserve it; put, c. יַחַד Mi 2:12 put together = collect (‖ אָסַף, קִבֵּץ); without modifier 1 K 18:23, 25; Jb 14:15; Ez 30:21 apply bandage (‖ נָתַן). e.g. Joshua 24:7
- 2. set, direct:
- a. sword against (ב) Ju 7:22; fig. extend compassion, ל pers. Is 47:6 e.g. Judges 7:22
- b. direct לֵב, לֵבָב (mind) toward, pay attention to, c. ל, Dt 32:46; 1 S 9:20; Ez 40:4; 44:5b; c. אֶל Ex 9:21 (J), 1 S 25:25; 2 S 18:3(×2); Jb 2:3; 34:14 (Bu Du del. לֵב and read יָשִׁיב רוּחוֹ); c. עַל Hg 1:5, 7; Jb 1:8; compl. om. Ez 44:5 a Hg 2:15, 18(×2); Is 41:22; Ju 19:30 read perhaps לְבַבְכֶם for לָכֶם (or עֵצָה for עֻצוּ); לֵב om. Jb 4:20, Is 41:20 (+ רָאָה, יָדַע, הִשְׂכִּיל), c. ב pers. Jb 23:6 (so Bu, who cps. 4:20; 24:12; 34:23, but all cases dub.); שִׂים לֵב, c. עַל = intend Dn 1:8 (obj. cl.). e.g. Deuteronomy 32:46
- c. set face (פָּנִים) toward (acc. loc.) Gn 31:21 (E), + לָבוֹא Je 42:15(×2), 17; 44:12, cf. 2 K 12:18; Dn 11:17; c. אֶל, toward or against (implying opposition) Ez 6:2 + 5 times Ez, c. עַל Ez 29:2; 35:2, c. דֶּרֶךְ of direction 21:2; c. ב (fig. of oppos., subj. י׳): הִנְנִי שָׂם פָּנַי בָּכֶם לְרָעָה Je 44:11, cf. 21:10 Ez 15:7 (‖ נתן), Lv 20:5 (P); c. ל rei (human subj.) Dn 11:18 Qr (ישׁב); c. עַל pers. + לִמְלֹךְ of purpose 1 K 2:15; set eyes (עֵינַים) upon, c. עַל pers. = behold Gn 44:21 (J), = look after, take care of, Je 39:12; 40:4, לְטוֹבָה 24:6, but לְרָעָה Am 9:4. e.g. Genesis 31:21
- 3.
- a. set, ordain, c. acc. rei Nu 24:23 (> acc. pers. Di). e.g. Numbers 24:23
- b. set, establish a law, statute, + ל pers. Ex 15:25; Jos 24:25 (both E), cf. Pr 8:29; + ב loc. Is 42:4 ψ 78:5 (‖ הֵקִים), also 81:6; Je 33:25 + 2 S 20:19 (שָׂמוּ for שְׁלֻמֵי 𝔊 Ew We Kit Bu HPS, cf. Dr); establish something as (ל) law Gn 47:26 (J), 1 S 30:25 (+ ל pers.); establish bazaars (as a right), ב loc., 1 K 20:34; appoint a set time Ex 9:5 (J), Jb 34:23 (reading מוֹעֵד for עוֹד GHBWr Bu), ins. (perhaps) 1 S 13:8 so Dr Klo HPS (> ins. אמר Th We Bu Kit, after 𝔊 𝔗); a place, + ל pers. Ex 21:13; 2 S 7:10 = 1 Ch 17:9, ל rei 1 K 8:21 (+ שָׁם). e.g. Exodus 15:25
- c. set, found a nation, Is 44:7 (si vera l.), establish it ψ 89:30 (לָעַד). e.g. Isaiah 44:7
- d. set, appoint (as ruler, official) + עַל pers. vel gent., Ex 1:11; 18:21 (all E), Dt 17:14, 15(×3); Ju 11:11 (+ ל of office), 2 S 17:25 (+ תַּחַת instead of) + 6 times + Gn 47:6 (J; second acc. = ruler, expressed), 2 S 23:23 (אֶל), עַל in ‖ 1 Ch 11:25; also 2 acc. + ל and ב loc. ψ 105:21, ב loc. 2 S 15:4; 2 Ch 33:14, בְּרֹאשׁ at the head of, Dt 1:13, 2 acc. alone Ct 1:6; c.acc. pers. + ל pers. Gn 27:37 (E), Ho 2:2; 1 S 8:5 (+ inf.); + ל of title Gn 45:8, 9 Ex 2:14 (+ עַל; all E) + 4 times + Ju 8:33 (+ ל pers.), + Ez 44:8 (perhaps read וַתְּשִׂימוּם Hi Sm Co and most); + ל of purpose Hb 1:12; + ב of position, ל pers. 1 S 8:11; c. acc. of office alone 1 S 8:12 (+ ל pers.), so Co Ez 21:27a (שָׂרִים for כָּרִים, v. כַּר sub כרר), 1 K 20:24 (+ תחת), cf. 2 Ch 23:18, + עַל, אֶל, of task Nu 4:19 (P); Jb 7:20 set me as (ל) mark for (ל) him. e.g. Exodus 1:11
- e. set, constitute, make, c. כ pers. vel rei, Gn 13:16 (J) I will make thy seed as the dust, 32:13 (J) 48:20 (E), Dt 10:22; Ho 11:8 + 16 times + (bad sense) Ho 2:5; Na 3:6; 1 K 19:2. e.g. Genesis 13:16
- f. set, determine, fix, bounds Je 5:22 (2 acc.) Jb 38:5, 33 ψ 104:9; pass. determined, settled, + עַל־פֶּה 2 S 13:32 (but v. II. שׂום); appoint, send, frogs לְפַרְעֹה Ex 8:8 (J), c. acc. pers. + עַל against 2 K 18:14. e.g. Jeremiah 5:22
- 4.
- a. set, station, at a post, etc., acc. pers. Jos 8:13 (JE), + ב loc. 2 K 10:24; Je 9:7 + 5 times, + adv. acc. Gn 33:2 (J), + בֵּין loc. Jos 8:12, + ל (against) and אַחֲרֵי loc. v 2 (both JE), + ל against Ju 9:25 (+ עַל loc.), + אֶל against 20:29, 36; doubtful are 1 S 15:2 (c.ל pers.), 1 K 20:12(×2) (עַל־הָעִיר), where no obj. expr. (in MT); either an obj. has fallen out, or vb. (in techn. military sense), here intrans. or inwardly trans. (Dl ZK ii. 397 forward! take direction toward; cf.also [on Sm] We Dr Löhr), or else שׂ׳ is corrupt (cf.HPSSm). e.g. Joshua 8:13
- b. put in position, sacred bread, sword, staves, bars, c.acc. 1 S 21:7; Ez 21:27; Nu 4:6, 8, 11, 14 + 4 times P, Jb 38:10; + עַל Ex 32:27 (E), 40:20 (P), מִמַּעַל ל Je 43:10, מֵעַל Est 3:1; + (various modifiers) 8 times; set in place, תֵּבֵל Jb 34:13 (De al.), but context favours שָׁמַר Bu; Du שׂ׳ לִבּוֹ בְּתֵבֵל. e.g. 1 Samuel 21:7
- c. set up throne 1 K 2:19, altars Je 11:13, memorial stone Gn 18:18 (J), 28:22 (E), 1 S 7:12 (cf.הֵקִים Gn 31:45 +), image, etc. Ju 18:31 (‖ הֵקִים), Dt 27:15; 1 K 12:29 (ב loc., ‖ נָתַן), 2 K 21:7 (ב loc.) = 2 Ch 33:7, cf. ψ 74:4; Is 57:8 and, + ב loc., Je 7:30; 32:34; rods before (לְעֵינֵי) cattle Gn 30:41 (‖ וַיַּצֵּג v 38), cf. v 42, guide-posts Je 31:21, bed 2 K 4:10 (+ ל pers.). e.g. 1 Kings 2:19
- d. = plant, wheat Is 28:25, tree 41:19 (ב loc.; ‖ נָתַן), slip Ez 17:5 (עַל by). e.g. Isaiah 28:25
- e. set, fix (countenance) 2 K 8:11, so usually, but acc. om., and sense dub.; read perhaps וַיִּשֹּׁם (√ שׁמם, cf. e.g. 1 K 9:8), so Klo Kmp Kit Benz. e.g. 2 Kings 8:11
- 5.
- a. make a thing, or pers. (acc.), for transform into (ל), Jos 6:18 (J) make camp לְחֵרֶם, Mi 1:6 make Samaria לְעִי, Gn 21:13, 18 (E), Ex 14:21 (JE), Mi 4:7 (both good sense), Is 28:17; 42:15, 16 + 12 times Is. (25:2 read עִיר for מֵעִיר Vrss Comm.), Je 2:7 + 8 times Je, + 14 times + Ju 1:28 they made the Can. into the corvée; וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו ψ 85:14 maketh his steps into a way (so RV Hup Che Dr, but meaning obscure; De Bae attend to the way of (לֵב om.); Schr Hup-Now read וְיִשְׁמֹר ד׳); c. 2 acc. Jos 8:28 (J), ψ 39:9; 66:2 Mi 1:7; 4:13 1 K 5:23 (prægn. c. עַד loc.), + 29 times e.g. Joshua 6:18
- b. make, constitute, 2 acc., 1 S 8:1; 18:13 (+ ל pers.) 22:7 (לְכֻלְּכֶם, ל of acc.; or וְכֻלְּכֶם), Is 3:7; 60:17 + 6 times, + 1 S 11:11 form people in bands, cf. Jb 1:17 (one acc., form bands), + (acc. pers. om.) Ex 4:11b (J), cf. (beast, in fig.) Ez 19:5; 2 acc. and acc. + ל in same ver., Is 54:12 I will make rubies thy pinnacles, and (transform) thy gates into carbuncles; in phr. of naming, שָׂם שְׁמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 K 17:34, cf. Ju 8:31; Ne 9:7; c. ל, וַיָּשֶׂם לָהֶם שֵׁמוֹת Dn 1:7, וַיּ׳ לְדָנִיֵּאל בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר v 7; make, fashion, c. acc. rei + ל pers. Ex 4:11a (J; י׳ subj.); grave Na 1:14 (but on text and meaning v. Now Bi SB Wiener Akkadian 1894, Abh. v); c. acc. דֶּרֶךְ Is 43:19 (ב loc.), cf. Ez 21:24, 25 (+ ל inf.); ψ 50:23 is dub., usually order (one’s) way, De Dr prepare way (which), etc., Gr Che תֹּם for שָׂם; make name + ל pers. 2 S 7:23 = 1 Ch 17:21, 2 S 14:7; make for, ל pers. (or give to), c.acc. of posterity Gn 45:7 (E); 1 S 2:20 read prob. יְשַׁלֵּם 𝔊 We Kit Bu HPS, cf. Dr; Ezr 10:44 b is obscure, Gu-Batten del. וַיָּשִׂימוּ and read וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ bef. נָשִׁים, cf. 3 Esdr 9:36 Be Ry Ryle. e.g. 1 Samuel 8:1
- c. work, bring to pass, c. acc. rei, of י׳’s signs, etc., + ב loc. Ex 10:2 (J), Je 32:20; Is 66:19 ψ 46:9; 78:43; 105:27. e.g. Exodus 10:2
- d. appoint, give, acc. rei Nu 6:26 (P), Is 61:3 (‖ נָתַן; both c. ל pers.); a pledge Jb 17:3 (‖ עָרְבֵנִי go surety for me, but read perhaps עֶרְבֹנִי as obj., v. p. 786 b); וְשׂוֹם שֵׂכֶל Ne 8:3 giving understanding (making sense clear). e.g. Numbers 6:26
Hiphil
- Pf. 1 s. consec. וַהֲשִׂמֹתִיהוּ Ez 14:8, acc. pers. + ל, I will make him for a sign (שׁ for שׂ van d. H., √ שׁמם; Co Berthol Toy וְשַׂמְתִּיהוּ (Qal), Krae וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּיהוּ); Imv. fs. הָשִׂימִי 21:21, prob. del as dittogr. Co Krae after 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 Nö ZMG xxxvii (1883), 530 (> Bö Toy al. הִקְדִּימוּ); Pt. מֵשִׂים Jb 4:20 = Qal (לֵב) שׂום (v 2 b), but phr. dub., and text perhaps crpt., v. Me Nöl.c.. e.g. Ezekiel 14:8
Hophal
- Impf. 3 ms. וַיּוּשַׂם Gn 24:33 Qr (Kt ויישׂם Ges§ 73 f) there was set before him (לְפָנָיו) to eat, cf. Ol MB Ak. 1870, 389 Kö i. 435, who read also וַיּוּשַׂם 50:26 he was laid in (ב) a mummycase (for MT וַיִּישֶׂם Di (ed. 4.5.6) allows this. e.g. Genesis 24:33
שום II (van d. H. שׂימה Kt) perhaps n.f. token of unluckiness, scowl
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. put, place, set (cf. NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; NH סוּם Pi. designate, fix, שׂום Ecclus 45:5c; 49:6; Ph. שם, Assyrian šâmu, fix, determine; Sab. שׂים set, set up, SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 6 CISiv. 1; Arabic شَامَ (ى) is insert, sheathe, also compute; Ethiopic ሤመ: put, place; 𝔗 שׂוּם, Syriac ܣܳܡ, Old Aramaic שים);—
I. (van d. H. שׂימה Kt) perhaps n.f. token of unluckiness, scowl;—2 S 13:82, so EwG iii. 234, H. 172 (abbrev. from שׂמאל; or emend. שִׂטְמָה) We RSEncy. Brit. (9) DAVID Kit, cf. Dr HPS.
I. etc., v. I, II. שׂום.
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שׂוּם
- v. סוּם) to place, put, appoint, make. Ber. 39ᵇ ששַׂמְתָּ שלום וכ׳ thou hast made peace between the scholars. Mekh. B’shall. introd. במקום הזה שָׂמוּהוּ in this place they (the Egyptians) have put him (Joseph). Ber. 28ᵇ מודה … ששמת חלקי וכ׳ I thank thee, O Lord, that thou hast appointed my lot to be with those who sit in the school-house, and not with those who abide at the corners (idlers); a. fr.
- same. Yeb. 45ᵇ שאתה מֵשִׂים, v. מְשִׂימָה. Ber. 16ᵇ ותָשִׂים חלקנו וכ׳ and that thou mayest place our lot in paradise. Ib. שתשים שלום וכ׳, v. פַּמִילְיָא. Snh. 99ᵇ כל העוסק … משים שלום וכ׳ whosoever is engaged in the study of the Law for its own sake, causes peace to reign &c.; a. e.
שׂוּם ²
- Targ. O. Lev. XIX, 14 (v. סוּם I ch.; Y. תְשַׁוּוּן). Targ. O. Gen. L, 26 (ed. Berl. וסמוהי); Y. II ושמוהי (Y. I ושַׁוּוּן). Targ. Prov. XXII, 17. Ib. XXIV, 32; a. fr.—V. סוּם I ch.
- to be placed. Targ. Hag. II, 15. Targ. Esth. IV, 3.
שׁוּם I
- (cmp. preced.) [to arrange; cmp. עָרַךְ, סָדַר,] to value, estimate; to mark, name. Gitt. V, 1; Tosef. Keth. XII, 2 שָׁמִין להן, v. עִידִּית. Keth. 67ᵃ, v. שְׁוִי. Macc. 3ᵃ כיצד שמין how do we assess (the fine)? Y. Kidd. I, 60ᵈ bot. (expl. נעשח דמים באחר, Mish. Kidd. I, 6) דבר שהוא צריך לָשׁוּם that which has to be prized (which is not itself a standard value). B. Mets. IX, 3 המקבל … שמין אותה וכ׳ if one rents a field on shares and lets it lie waste, we estimate how much it ought to yield &c. Tosef. ib. IX, 9 השָׁם, v. שׁוּם II; a. v. fr.—M. Kat. 5ᵃ (ref. to וְשָׂם, Ps. L, 23) כל השָׁם אורחותיו וכ׳ he who calculates his ways (weighs the consequences of his doings) will be allowed to see the salvation of the Lord (in the hereafter); אל תקרי וְשָׂם אלא וְשָׁם וכ׳ read not v’sam but v’sham &c.; Sot. 5ᵇ; Yalk. Ps. 763; (Lev. R. s. 9 דשָׁיֵים אורחיה).—Part. pass. שׁוּם; f. שׁוּמָה; pl. שׁוּמִים; שׁוּמוֹת. Tosef. B. Kam. X, 1 רואין אוֹתן כאילו הן ש׳ אצל אחרים we consider them (the forcibly taken animals) as if they had been valued (sold for their value) with others, i.e. the robber pays the value of the animals as it was at the time of the robbery; B. Kam. 95ᵃ כאילו היא שומה אצלו בכסף as if the animal had been sold at its value to him (the robber), for cash; ib.ᵇ שומא (Chald. form); ib. רואין … ש׳ אצלו למחצה וכ׳ we consider it, as if it had been valued &c., for the purpose of establishing the additional amount which he has to pay for the increase in value, which is either one half, or one third, or one fourth (according to local usage). Arakh. 21ᵇ וכך היא שומה וכ׳ Rashi (ed. שומא) and so much has it been appraised; whosoever wishes to buy &c.; a. e. e.g. Psalms 50:23
- to be valued, assessed. Kidd. 28ᵃ, v. דָּמִים. Keth. 66ᵇ במנה הנִישּׁוֹם … המתקבל when saying ‘for each Maneh’ (Mish. ib. VI, 4), does that mean for each Maneh as it is valued (by the woman’s relatives), or for each Maneh with which he charges himself (one fifth less)?, v. שׁוּם II; a. e.
שׁוּם
- —Part. שָׁיֵים. Lev. R. s. 9 (ref. to וְשָׂם, Ps. L, 23, v. preced.) דשיים אורחיה סגי שוי (some ed. שגי) he who calculates his way, will be worth much; Yalk. Ps. 763 שגי שוי. B. Kam. 47ᵃ פרה … שָׁיֵימְנָא לך I injured a pregnant cow of thine, and I will estimate (and pay thee) the value of a pregnant cow; a. e.—Part. pass. שׁוּם; f. שׁוּמָא, v. preced. e.g. Psalms 50:23
- to tax, impose fine. Lam. R. to II, 1 (expl. יעיב, ib.) איך ש׳ ה׳ ברוגזיה וכ׳ how heavily the Lord in his anger taxed the daughter of Zion!, v. חוּב ch., a. עִיב.
שׁוּם II
- (preced.)
- 1. valuation, estimate. B. Kam. I, 3 ש׳ כסף, v. שָׁוֶה. Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 9 השם קמתו … את שׁוּמוֹ וכ׳ if one prizes (and buys) his neighbor’s standing corn as ten Cors of wheat, and it yields less or more, the seller has to deliver the estimated quantity (no more nor less); Rabbi Judah says, עשה בפחות נותן לו את שומו וכ׳ if it yielded less, he has to deliver the estimated quantity, if more, he has to deliver whatever it yielded; a. fr.—Esp. the description and valuation of seized property and its advertisement for public sale. Arakh. VI, 1 ש׳ היתומים שלשים יום the advertisement of orphans’ property must be made thirty days in succession (before the sale); Tosef. ib. IV, 1. Tosef. Keth. XI, 2; B. Bath. 107ᵃ שלשה שירדו לש׳ וכ׳ if of three experts called to appraise seized property, one says, it is worth a Maneh &c.; a. fr.
- 2. appraised goods brought into marriage by the wife. Keth. VI, 3 (66ᵃ) פסקה … וכנגד הש׳ וכ׳ if she promises to bring him a thousand Denars, he must obligate himself for fifteen Maneh (as her jointure); but for appraised goods brought to him, he obligates himself for one fifth less than the appraised value. Ib. ש׳ במנה ושוה מנה וכ׳ (Y. ed. ש׳ מנה) if the agreement reads, ‘the goods are charged to the husband for one Maneh and worth a Maneh’, he can claim only one Maneh’s worth of goods; ש׳ במנה היא וכ׳ but if it reads merely, ‘the goods are charged for one Maneh’, she must bring in the value of thirty-one Selaim and one Denar (Tosaf.; differ. in Rashi). Tosef. ib. VI, 6 מקום … מן הש׳ וכ׳ where the usage is not to charge the husband less than the appraised value &c.; a. fr.
- 3. (Chaldaism) name, title; לְשׁוּם in the name of, for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the capacity of. Gitt. IV, 4 עבד … אם לש׳ עבד וכ׳ if a slave was taken captive, and some one redeemed him: if he redeemed him as a slave, he may be held as a slave (of his redeemer), if as a freed man &c. Ib. III, 1 כל גט שנכתב שלא לש׳ אשה a letter of divorce not written with the intention to be used for a special woman. Ib. VIII, 5 כתב לש׳ מלכות אחרת if a letter of divorce is dated in the name of a strange government; (Bab. ed. 79ᵇ שאינה הוגנת, v. הוּגָּן). Yeb. 24ᵇ איש שנתגייר לש׳ אשה a man that embraced the Jewish religion for the sake of a woman; לש׳ שולחן מלכים for the sake of the royal table (v. שׁוּלְחָן); לש׳ עבדי שלמה for the sake of being one of Solomon’s servants; a. v. fr.— [Ib. 47ᵇ לשֵׁם שפחות in her capacity as a slave; לשם שחרור with the purpose of making her a freed woman; a. fr.]—מִשּׁוּם a) in the name of. Maas. Sh. III, 6 ר"ש … מש׳ ר׳ יוסי R. S. ben J. says in behalf of R. José (quoting R. J. as author). Eduy. VIII, 5; a. v. fr.—b) because of, as coming under the category of; for the sake of (preventing). Bets. 2ᵇ, a. fr. גזדה מש׳, v. גְּזֵרָה. Sabb. 17ᵇ מש׳ שמנן, v. גָּזַר. Ab. Zar. 26ᵃ, a. fr. מש׳ איבה, v. אֵיבָה. Sabb. 70ᵇ כלום פריש … מש׳ מלאכות … מש׳ שבת does any one abstain from doing a thing on the Sabbath for any reason but because of the prohibition of labors, and does one abstain from any labor for any reason, but because of the Sabbath? Ib. 73ᵇ חייב מש׳ נוטע is guilty, because the act comes under the category of planting. Kil. I, 9 אינו חושש לא מש׳ כלאים וכ׳ he need not hesitate to use it either on the ground of forbidden mixture, or on the ground of the Sabbatical year (in which planting is forbidden), or because it is subject to tithes. Ib. IX, 8 אין אפור מש׳ וכ׳ nothing is forbidden as mixture of wool and linen unless it is spun &c.; a. v. fr.—Ber. 5ᵇ מש׳ תורה דלא וכ׳ (dost thou weep) on account of the Law, that thou hast not attained much?; או מש׳ מזוני or on account of thy support (that thou art poor)?—משום שֶׁ־, (Chald.) מש׳ דְּ־; על שום שֶׁ־, (Chald.) על ש׳ ד־ because. Pes. X, 5 פסח על ש׳ שפסח וכ׳ the Passover sacrifice is eaten, because the Lord passed over &c. Y. Naz. II, beg. 51ᵈ מש׳ שהוציא וכ׳ because he uttered the word nazir. Keth. 63ᵇ מש׳ דרב זביד וכ׳ because Rab Zebid is a great man &c.; a. v. fr.
שׁוּם ²
- , name. Targ. Gen. II, 11. Targ. Y. ib. V, 2. Targ. I Chr. XVI, 2; a. fr.—V. שְׁמָא.—עַל שׁ׳, מִשּׁ׳, v. preced.
שׁוּם III
- (b. h.) garlic. Maasr. V, 8, v. בְּכִי II; Tosef. ib. III, 14 איזהו ש׳ בעל וכ׳ what species of garlic is named Baal (bek) garlic?, v. זוּר II. Ber. 51ᵃ. Kil. I, 3 הש׳ והשומנית (garden) garlic and wild garlic; Tosef. ib. I, 2; a. fr.—Pl. שׁוּמִים, שׁוּמִין. Sabb. 118ᵇ; a. e.
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The 296 distinct written forms H7760 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 236 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 518 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 550 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:8
- Exodus 1:11
- Leviticus 2:15
- Numbers 4:6
- Deuteronomy 1:13
- Joshua 6:18
- Judges 1:28
- Ruth 3:3
- 1 Samuel 2:20
- 2 Samuel 7:10
- 1 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 2:20
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