שׂוּם
to put
also: place, set, appoint, make fuller range ↓
H7760
Strong's Hebrew
sûwm
Transliteration
/soom/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
586
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to put, place, set, appoint, make
- (Qal)
- to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
- to set, direct, direct toward
- to extend (compassion) (figuratively)
- to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
- to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
- to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
- (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
- (Hophal) to be set
Where this word appears
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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).
Grammatical forms 44 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 96 times (16%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 45 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 40 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 37 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 36 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 34 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 32 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 29 times (5%)
+36 more forms (237 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 586 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 3 — showing verses 201–400 of 550 distinct verses where H7760 appears, across 37 books. 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.
1 Samuel 33 verses
- 1 Samuel 22:7 יָשִׂ֔ים Qal impf 3ms Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 22:15 יָשֵׂם֩ Qal juss 3ms Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
- 1 Samuel 25:18 וַ/תָּ֖שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 25:25 יָשִׂ֣ים Qal juss 3ms Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did send.
- 1 Samuel 28:2 אֲשִֽׂימְ/ךָ֖ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.
- 1 Samuel 28:21 וָ/אָשִׂ֤ים conj + Qal wimpf 1cs The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
- 1 Samuel 28:22 וְ/אָשִׂ֧מָה conj + Qal impf 1cs Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.
- 1 Samuel 30:25 וַ/יְשִׂמֶ֜/הָ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
- 1 Samuel 31:10 וַ/יָּשִׂ֨מוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
2 Samuel 19 verses
- 2 Samuel 7:10 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֣י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
- 2 Samuel 7:23 וְ/לָ/שׂ֧וּם conj + prep + Qal inf.cs What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
- 2 Samuel 8:6 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:14 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם שָׂ֣ם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 12:20 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
- 2 Samuel 12:31 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 13:19 וַ/תָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
- 2 Samuel 13:32 שׂוּמָ֔ה Qal ptcp.pass fs Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, Don't let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:33 יָשֵׂם֩ Qal juss 3ms Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
- 2 Samuel 14:3 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:7 שום שִׂים Qal inf.cs Qal inf.cs Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 שָׂ֚ם Qal pf 3ms The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;
- 2 Samuel 15:4 יְשִׂמֵ֥/נִי Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
- 2 Samuel 17:25 שָׂ֧ם Qal pf 3ms Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
- 2 Samuel 18:1 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
- 2 Samuel 18:3 יָשִׂ֧ימוּ יָשִׂ֤ימוּ Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3mp But the people said, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 19:19 לָ/שׂ֥וּם prep + Qal inf.cs He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 שָׂ֣ם Qal pf 3ms Most assuredly my house is not so with God; Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he doesn't make it grow.
- 2 Samuel 23:23 וַ/יְשִׂמֵ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three. David set him over his guard.
1 Kings 22 verses
- 1 Kings 2:5 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:15 שָׂ֧מוּ Qal pf 3cp He said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 2:19 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
- 1 Kings 5:9 אֲשִׂימֵ֨/ם Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them; and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
- 1 Kings 8:21 וָ/אָשִׂ֨ם conj + Qal wimpf 1cs There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 9:3 לָ/שֽׂוּם prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
- 1 Kings 10:9 וַ/יְשִֽׂימְ/ךָ֣ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 11:36 לָ/שׂ֥וּם prep + Qal inf.cs To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
- 1 Kings 12:29 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
- 1 Kings 14:21 לָ/שׂ֨וּם prep + Qal inf.cs Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
- 1 Kings 18:23 וְ/יָשִׂ֨ימוּ֙ יָשִׂ֑ימוּ אָשִֽׂים conj + Qal juss 3mp Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 1cs Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
- 1 Kings 18:25 תָשִֽׂימוּ Qal impf 2mp Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
- 1 Kings 18:33 וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 18:42 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
- 1 Kings 19:2 אָשִׂ֣ים Qal impf 1cs Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
- 1 Kings 20:6 יָשִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impf 3mp but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
- 1 Kings 20:12 שִׂ֔ימוּ וַ/יָּשִׂ֖ימוּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when [Ben Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array] against the city.
- 1 Kings 20:24 וְ/שִׂ֥ים conj + Qal impv 2ms Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
- 1 Kings 20:31 נָשִׂ֣ימָה Qal coh 1cp His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.
- 1 Kings 20:34 תָּשִׂ֨ים שָׂ֤ם Qal impf 2ms Qal pf 3ms [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
- 1 Kings 21:27 וַ/יָּֽשֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- 1 Kings 22:27 שִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impv 2mp and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
2 Kings 25 verses
- 2 Kings 2:20 וְ/שִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him.
- 2 Kings 4:10 וְ/נָשִׂ֨ים conj + Qal impf 1cp Let us make, Please, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lamp stand: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.
- 2 Kings 4:29 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, Don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again: and lay my staff on the face of the child.
- 2 Kings 4:31 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
- 2 Kings 4:34 וַ/יָּשֶׂם֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.
- 2 Kings 6:22 שִׂים֩ Qal impv 2ms He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
- 2 Kings 8:11 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
- 2 Kings 9:13 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.
- 2 Kings 9:30 וַ/תָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs When Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
- 2 Kings 10:3 וְ/שַׂמְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
- 2 Kings 10:7 וַ/יָּשִׂ֤ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 10:8 שִׂ֣ימוּ Qal impv 2mp There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
- 2 Kings 10:24 שָׂם Qal pf 3ms They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, [he who lets him go], his life shall be for the life of him.
- 2 Kings 10:27 וַ/יְשִׂמֻ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
- 2 Kings 11:16 וַ/יָּשִׂ֤מוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
- 2 Kings 11:18 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 12:17 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:7 וַ/יְשִׂמֵ֥/ם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
- 2 Kings 13:16 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow; and he put his hand [on it]. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.
- 2 Kings 17:34 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms To this day they do after the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- 2 Kings 18:14 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on me will I bear. The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- 2 Kings 19:28 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.
- 2 Kings 20:7 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
- 2 Kings 21:4 אָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 1cs He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
- 2 Kings 21:7 וַ/יָּ֕שֶׂם אָשִׂ֥ים conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 1cs He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
1 Chronicles 7 verses
- 1 Chronicles 10:10 וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
- 1 Chronicles 11:25 וַ/יְשִׂימֵ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֣י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,
- 1 Chronicles 17:21 לָ/שׂ֤וּם prep + Qal inf.cs What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 18:13 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 26:10 וַ/יְשִׂימֵ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
2 Chronicles 9 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 שָׂ֕ם Qal pf 3ms Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly sought to it.
- 2 Chronicles 6:11 וָ/אָשִׂ֥ים conj + Qal wimpf 1cs There have I set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20 לָ/שׂ֥וּם prep + Qal inf.cs that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 לָ/שׂ֨וּם prep + Qal inf.cs So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
- 2 Chronicles 18:26 שִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impv 2mp and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 23:15 וַ/יָּשִׂ֤ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they killed her there.
- 2 Chronicles 23:18 וַ/יָּשֶׂם֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
- 2 Chronicles 33:7 וַ/יָּ֕שֶׂם אָשִׂ֥ים conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 1cs He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 8:17 וָ/אָשִׂימָ/ה֩ conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [and] his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
- Ezra 10:44 וַ/יָּשִׂ֖ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 8:8 וְ/שׂ֣וֹם conj + Qal inf.abs They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
- Nehemiah 9:7 וְ/שַׂ֥מְתָּ conj + Qal pf 2ms You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
Esther 4 verses
- Esther 2:17 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
- Esther 3:1 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
- Esther 8:2 וַ/תָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
- Esther 10:1 וַ/יָּשֶׂם֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the isles of the sea.
Job 40 verses
- Job 1:8 הֲ/שַׂ֥מְתָּ ptcl inter + Qal pf 2ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
- Job 1:17 שָׂ֣מוּ Qal pf 3cp While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 2:3 הֲ/שַׂ֣מְתָּ ptcl inter + Qal pf 2ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
- Job 4:18 יָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 3ms Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
- Job 4:20 מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים Hiphil ptcp.act ms Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
- Job 5:8 אָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 1cs "But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;
- Job 5:11 לָ/שׂ֣וּם prep + Qal inf.cs So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.
- Job 7:12 תָשִׂ֖ים Qal impf 2ms Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That you put a guard over me?
- Job 7:20 שַׂמְתַּ֣/נִי Qal pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, So that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 13:14 אָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 1cs Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
- Job 13:27 וְ/תָ֘שֵׂ֤ם conj + Qal impf 2ms You also put my feet in the stocks, And mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet:
- Job 17:3 שִֽׂימָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
- Job 17:12 יָשִׂ֑ימוּ Qal impf 3mp They change the night into day, Saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
- Job 18:2 תְּשִׂימ֣וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
- Job 19:8 יָשִֽׂים Qal impf 3ms He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
- Job 20:4 שִׂ֖ים Qal inf.cs Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,
- Job 21:5 וְ/שִׂ֖ימוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
- Job 22:22 וְ/שִׂ֥ים conj + Qal impv 2ms Please receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.
- Job 23:6 יָשִׂ֥ם Qal impf 3ms Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
- Job 24:12 יָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 3ms From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, Yet God doesn't regard the folly.
- Job 24:15 יָשִֽׂים Qal impf 3ms The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
- Job 24:25 וְ/יָשֵׂ֥ם conj + Qal juss 3ms If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
- Job 28:3 שָׂ֤ם Qal ptcp.act ms Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
- Job 29:9 יָשִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impf 3mp The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
- Job 31:24 שַׂ֣מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
- Job 33:11 יָשֵׂ֣ם Qal juss 3ms He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.'
- Job 34:13 שָׂ֝֗ם Qal pf 3ms Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
- Job 34:14 יָשִׂ֣ים Qal impf 3ms If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath;
- Job 34:23 יָשִׂ֣ים Qal impf 3ms For he doesn't need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.
- Job 36:13 יָשִׂ֣ימוּ Qal impf 3mp "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.
- Job 37:15 בְּ/שׂוּם prep + Qal inf.cs Do you know how God controls them, And causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
- Job 38:5 שָׂ֣ם Qal pf 3ms Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
- Job 38:9 בְּ/שׂוּמִ֣/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
- Job 38:10 וָֽ֝/אָשִׂ֗ים conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,
- Job 38:33 תָּשִׂ֖ים Qal impf 2ms Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish the dominion of it over the earth?
- Job 39:6 שַׂ֣מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
- Job 40:4 שַׂ֣מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
- Job 41:2 הֲ/תָשִׂ֣ים ptcl inter + Qal impf 2ms Can you put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
- Job 41:8 שִׂים Qal impv 2ms Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
- Job 41:31 יָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 3ms He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
Psalms 36 verses
- Psalms 18:43 תְּ֭שִׂימֵ/נִי Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
- Psalms 19:4 שָֽׂם Qal pf 3ms Their voice has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
- Psalms 39:8 תְּשִׂימֵֽ/נִי Qal juss 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.
- Psalms 40:4 שָׂ֣ם Qal pf 3ms Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, And doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Psalms 44:13 תְּשִׂימֵ֣/נוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cp You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
- Psalms 44:14 תְּשִׂימֵ֣/נוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cp You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
- Psalms 46:8 שָׂ֖ם Qal pf 3ms Come, see Yahweh's works, What desolations he has made in the earth.
- Psalms 50:23 וְ/שָׂ֥ם conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
- Psalms 52:7 יָשִׂ֥ים Qal impf 3ms "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
- Psalms 54:3 שָׂ֨מוּ Qal pf 3cp For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
- Psalms 56:8 שִׂ֣ימָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?
- Psalms 66:2 שִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impv 2mp Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!
- Psalms 66:9 הַ/שָּׂ֣ם ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms Who preserves our life among the living, And doesn't allow our feet to be moved.
- Psalms 66:11 שַׂ֖מְתָּ Qal pf 2ms You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.
- Psalms 74:4 שָׂ֖מוּ Qal pf 3cp Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
- Psalms 78:5 שָׂ֤ם Qal pf 3ms For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
- Psalms 78:7 וְ/יָשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal impf 3mp That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
- Psalms 78:43 שָׂ֣ם Qal pf 3ms How he set his signs in Egypt, His wonders in the field of Zoan,
- Psalms 79:1 שָׂ֖מוּ Qal pf 3cp God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
- Psalms 80:6 תְּשִׂימֵ֣/נוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cp You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
- Psalms 81:5 שָׂמ֗/וֹ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.
- Psalms 85:13 וְ/יָשֵׂ֖ם conj + Qal impf 3ms Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
- Psalms 86:14 שָׂמ֣וּ/ךָ Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 2ms God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, And they don't hold regard for you before them.
- Psalms 89:25 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֣י conj + Qal pf 1cs I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
- Psalms 89:29 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֣י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
- Psalms 89:40 שַׂ֖מְתָּ Qal pf 2ms You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
- Psalms 91:9 שַׂ֣מְתָּ Qal pf 2ms Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, And the Most High your dwelling place,
- Psalms 104:3 הַ/שָּׂם ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 104:9 שַׂ֭מְתָּ Qal pf 2ms You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.
- Psalms 105:21 שָׂמ֣/וֹ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;
- Psalms 105:27 שָֽׂמוּ Qal pf 3cp They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 107:33 יָשֵׂ֣ם Qal impf 3ms He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,
- Psalms 107:35 יָשֵׂ֣ם Qal impf 3ms He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.
- Psalms 107:41 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, And increases their families like a flock.
- Psalms 109:5 וַ/יָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
- Psalms 147:14 הַ/שָּׂם ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 8:29 בְּ/שׂ֘וּמ֤/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Proverbs 23:2 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ conj + Qal pf 2ms Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
- Proverbs 30:26 וַ/יָּשִׂ֖ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Song of Solomon 3 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:6 שָׂמֻ֨/נִי֙ Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 1cs Don't stare at me because I am dark, Because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.
- Song of Solomon 6:12 שָׂמַ֔תְ/נִי Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs Without realizing it, My desire set me with my royal people's chariots. Friends
- Song of Solomon 8:6 שִׂימֵ֨/נִי Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm; For love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh.
Isaiah 50 verses
- 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.
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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.
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Strong's · 1890
[idiom] any wise
Modern gloss
to put
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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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).
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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%
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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.
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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.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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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