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.
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Genesis 45 verses
- Genesis 2:8 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 4:15 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
- Genesis 6:16 תָּשִׂ֑ים Qal impf 2ms You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
- Genesis 9:23 וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
- Genesis 13:16 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֥י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
- Genesis 21:13 אֲשִׂימֶ֑/נּוּ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is your seed."
- Genesis 21:14 שָׂ֧ם Qal ptcp.act ms Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- Genesis 21:18 אֲשִׂימֶֽ/נּוּ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
- Genesis 22:6 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
- Genesis 22:9 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
- Genesis 24:2 שִֽׂים Qal impv 2ms Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
- Genesis 24:9 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
- Genesis 24:33 וַ/יּוּשַׂ֤ם conj + Hophal wimpf 3ms Food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."
- Genesis 24:47 וָ/אָשִׂ֤ם conj + Qal wimpf 1cs I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
- Genesis 27:37 שַׂמְתִּ֥י/ו Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"
- Genesis 28:11 וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
- Genesis 28:18 שָׂ֣ם וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם Qal pf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
- Genesis 28:22 שַׂ֨מְתִּי֙ Qal pf 1cs then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."
- Genesis 30:36 וַ/יָּ֗שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
- Genesis 30:41 וְ/שָׂ֨ם conj + Qal pf 3ms It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
- Genesis 30:42 יָשִׂ֑ים Qal impf 3ms but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
- Genesis 31:21 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
- Genesis 31:34 וַ/תְּשִׂמֵ֛/ם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.
- Genesis 31:37 שִׂ֣ים Qal impv 2ms Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
- Genesis 32:12 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י conj + Qal wpf 1cs You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
- Genesis 32:16 תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ Qal impf 2mp He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."
- Genesis 33:2 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
- Genesis 37:34 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- Genesis 40:15 שָׂמ֥וּ Qal pf 3cp For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
- Genesis 41:42 וַ/יָּ֛שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,
- Genesis 43:22 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don't know who put our money in our sacks."
- Genesis 43:31 שִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impv 2mp He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal."
- Genesis 43:32 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
- Genesis 44:1 וְ/שִׂ֥ים conj + Qal impv 2ms He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
- Genesis 44:2 תָּשִׂים֙ Qal impf 2ms Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- Genesis 44:21 וְ/אָשִׂ֥ימָה conj + Qal impf 1cs You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'
- Genesis 45:7 לָ/שׂ֥וּם prep + Qal inf.cs God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
- Genesis 45:8 וַ/יְשִׂימֵ֨/נִֽי conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 שָׂמַ֧/נִי Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.
- Genesis 46:3 אֲשִֽׂימְ/ךָ֥ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation.
- Genesis 47:6 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֛/ם conj + Qal wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my cattle."
- Genesis 47:26 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
- Genesis 47:29 שִֽׂים Qal impv 2ms The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 48:18 שִׂ֥ים Qal impv 2ms Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
- Genesis 48:20 יְשִֽׂמְ/ךָ֣ וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Exodus 47 verses
- Exodus 1:11 וַ/יָּשִׂ֤ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
- Exodus 2:3 וַ/תָּ֤שֶׂם וַ/תָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs conj + Qal wimpf 3fs When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
- Exodus 2:14 שָֽׂמְ/ךָ֞ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
- Exodus 3:22 וְ/שַׂמְתֶּ֗ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall despoil the Egyptians.
- Exodus 4:11 שָׂ֣ם יָשׂ֣וּם Qal pf 3ms Qal impf 3ms Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?
- Exodus 4:15 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
- Exodus 4:21 שַׂ֣מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
- Exodus 5:8 תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ Qal impf 2mp The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
- Exodus 5:14 שָׂ֣מוּ Qal pf 3cp The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"
- Exodus 8:12 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
- Exodus 8:23 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֣י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be."'"
- Exodus 9:5 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."
- Exodus 9:21 שָׂ֛ם Qal pf 3ms Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his servants and his cattle in the field.
- Exodus 10:2 שַׂ֣מְתִּי Qal pf 1cs and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh."
- Exodus 14:21 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Exodus 15:25 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh shown him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;
- Exodus 15:26 שַׂ֤מְתִּי אָשִׂ֣ים Qal pf 1cs Qal impf 1cs and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."
- Exodus 17:12 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
- Exodus 17:14 וְ/שִׂ֖ים conj + Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
- Exodus 18:21 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 19:7 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
- Exodus 21:1 תָּשִׂ֖ים Qal impf 2ms "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
- Exodus 21:13 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י conj + Qal wpf 1cs but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
- Exodus 22:25 תְשִׂימ֥וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
- Exodus 24:6 וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
- Exodus 26:35 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֤ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tent toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
- Exodus 28:12 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֞ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.
- Exodus 28:26 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 28:37 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֤ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.
- Exodus 29:6 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
- Exodus 29:24 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall put all of this in Aaron's hands, and in his sons' hands, and shall wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh.
- Exodus 32:27 שִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impv 2mp He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor."
- Exodus 33:22 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֖י/ךָ conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
- Exodus 39:7 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:19 וַ/יָּשִׂ֕ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 40:3 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
- Exodus 40:5 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֛ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 40:8 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
- Exodus 40:18 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars.
- Exodus 40:19 וַ/יָּ֜שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:20 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
- Exodus 40:21 וַ/יָּ֗שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:24 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward.
- Exodus 40:26 וַ/יָּ֛שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
- Exodus 40:28 וַ/יָּ֛שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 40:29 שָׂ֕ם Qal pf 3ms He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:30 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.
Leviticus 10 verses
- Leviticus 2:15 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal offering.
- Leviticus 5:11 יָשִׂ֨ים Qal impf 3ms "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 6:10 וְ/שָׂמ֕/וֹ conj + Qal wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Leviticus 8:8 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.
- Leviticus 8:9 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 8:26 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.
- Leviticus 9:20 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar:
- Leviticus 10:1 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.
- Leviticus 20:5 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י conj + Qal wpf 1cs then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.
- Leviticus 24:6 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.
Numbers 20 verses
- Numbers 4:6 וְ/שָׂמ֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:8 וְ/שָׂמ֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:11 וְ/שָׂמ֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:14 וְ/שָׂמ֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:19 וְ/שָׂמ֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
- Numbers 6:26 וְ/יָשֵׂ֥ם conj + Qal juss 3ms Yahweh lift up his face toward you, And give you peace.'
- Numbers 6:27 וְ/שָׂמ֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp "So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them."
- Numbers 11:11 לָ/שׂ֗וּם prep + Qal inf.cs Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant? and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
- Numbers 11:17 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֣י conj + Qal wpf 1cs I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
- Numbers 16:7 וְ/שִׂימוּ֩ conj + Qal impv 2mp and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh does choose, he [shall be] holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.
- Numbers 16:18 וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 16:46 וְ/שִׂ֣ים conj + Qal impv 2ms Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Yahweh; the plague is begun.
- Numbers 21:8 וְ/שִׂ֥ים conj + Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.
- Numbers 21:9 וַ/יְשִׂמֵ֖/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
- Numbers 22:38 יָשִׂ֧ים Qal impf 3ms Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
- Numbers 23:5 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
- Numbers 23:12 יָשִׂ֤ים Qal impf 3ms He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
- Numbers 23:16 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
- Numbers 24:21 וְ/שִׂ֥ים conj + Qal ptcp.pass ms He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, Your nest is set in the rock.
- Numbers 24:23 מִ/שֻּׂמ֥/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms He took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?
Deuteronomy 22 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:13 וַ/אֲשִׂימֵ֖/ם conj + Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
- Deuteronomy 4:44 שָׂ֣ם Qal pf 3ms This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
- Deuteronomy 7:15 יְשִׂימָ/ם֙ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, will he put on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
- Deuteronomy 10:2 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֖/ם conj + Qal wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
- Deuteronomy 10:5 וָֽ/אָשִׂם֙ conj + Qal wimpf 1cs I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
- Deuteronomy 10:22 שָֽׂמְ/ךָ֙ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
- Deuteronomy 11:18 וְ/שַׂמְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 12:5 לָ/שׂ֥וּם prep + Qal inf.cs But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;
- Deuteronomy 12:21 לָ/שׂ֣וּם prep + Qal inf.cs If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
- Deuteronomy 14:1 תָשִׂ֧ימוּ Qal impf 2mp You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Deuteronomy 14:24 לָ/שׂ֥וּם prep + Qal inf.cs If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;
- Deuteronomy 17:14 אָשִׂ֤ימָה Qal coh 1cs When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;
- Deuteronomy 17:15 שׂ֣וֹם תָּשִׂ֤ים תָּשִׂ֤ים Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 2ms you shall surely set him king over you, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
- Deuteronomy 22:8 תָשִׂ֤ים Qal impf 2ms When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
- Deuteronomy 22:14 וְ/שָׂ֥ם conj + Qal wpf 3ms and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;
- Deuteronomy 22:17 שָׂם֩ Qal pf 3ms and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 26:2 וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 וְ/שָׂ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 3ms Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 31:19 שִׂימָ֣/הּ Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 3fs Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:26 וְ/שַׂמְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
- Deuteronomy 32:46 שִׂ֣ימוּ Qal impv 2mp He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 33:10 יָשִׂ֤ימוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, Whole burnt offering on your altar.
Joshua 11 verses
- Joshua 6:18 וְ/שַׂמְתֶּ֞ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
- Joshua 7:11 שָׂ֥מוּ Qal pf 3cp Israel has sinned; yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.
- Joshua 7:19 שִֽׂים Qal impv 2ms Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me.
- Joshua 8:2 שִׂים Qal impv 2ms You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, shall you take for a prey to yourselves: set you an ambush for the city behind it.
- Joshua 8:12 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
- Joshua 8:13 וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they set the people, even all the host who was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait who were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
- Joshua 8:28 וַ/יְשִׂימֶ֤/הָ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
- Joshua 10:24 שִׂ֚ימוּ וַ/יָּשִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. They came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.
- Joshua 10:27 וַ/יָּשִׂ֜מוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
- Joshua 24:7 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
- Joshua 24:25 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Judges 20 verses
- Judges 1:28 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
- Judges 4:21 וַ/תָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
- Judges 6:19 שָׂ֣ם שָׂ֣ם Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
- Judges 7:22 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
- Judges 8:31 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
- Judges 8:33 וַ/יָּשִׂ֧ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
- Judges 9:24 לָ/שׂ֞וּם prep + Qal inf.cs that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
- Judges 9:25 וַ/יָּשִׂ֣ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
- Judges 9:48 וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
- Judges 9:49 וַ/יָּשִׂ֣ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
- Judges 11:11 וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
- Judges 12:3 וָ/אָשִׂ֨ימָ/ה conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h When I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up to me this day, to fight against me?
- Judges 15:4 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
- Judges 16:3 וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
- Judges 18:19 שִֽׂים Qal impv 2ms They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
- Judges 18:21 וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
- Judges 18:31 וַ/יָּשִׂ֣ימוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
- Judges 19:30 שִֽׂימוּ Qal impv 2mp It was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
- Judges 20:29 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
- Judges 20:36 שָׂ֖מוּ Qal pf 3cp So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 33 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:20 יָשֵׂם֩ Qal juss 3ms Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They went to their own home.
- 1 Samuel 6:8 תָּשִׂ֥ימוּ Qal impf 2mp and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.
- 1 Samuel 6:11 וַ/יָּשִׂ֛מוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
- 1 Samuel 6:15 וַ/יָּשִׂ֖מוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 7:12 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has Yahweh helped us.
- 1 Samuel 8:1 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:5 שִֽׂימָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
- 1 Samuel 8:11 וְ/שָׂ֥ם conj + Qal wpf 3ms He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;
- 1 Samuel 8:12 וְ/לָ/שׂ֣וּם conj + prep + Qal inf.cs and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
- 1 Samuel 9:20 תָּ֧שֶׂם Qal juss 2ms As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?
- 1 Samuel 9:23 שִׂ֥ים Qal impv 2ms Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it by you.
- 1 Samuel 9:24 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם שִׂים conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved! set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
- 1 Samuel 10:19 תָּשִׂ֣ים Qal impf 2ms but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, [No], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- 1 Samuel 11:2 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֥י/הָ conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:11 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
- 1 Samuel 15:2 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 17:40 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:54 שָׂ֥ם Qal pf 3ms David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
- 1 Samuel 18:5 וַ/יְשִׂמֵ֣/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
- 1 Samuel 18:13 וַ/יְשִׂמֵ֥/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
- 1 Samuel 19:5 וַ/יָּשֶׂם֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
- 1 Samuel 19:13 וַ/תָּ֨שֶׂם֙ שָׂ֖מָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Qal pf 3fs Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it, and covered it with the clothes.
- 1 Samuel 21:6 לָ/שׂוּם֙ prep + Qal inf.cs So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- 1 Samuel 21:12 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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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.
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- 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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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 293 verses · 53%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 144 verses · 26%
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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.
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.
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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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