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Strong's #7760 - שִׂים
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- 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) (fig)
- 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
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1335) mx (סמ SM) AC: Place CO: Store AB: ?
B) mmx (סממ SMM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown meaning]
Nf4) timmx (סממית SMMYT) - Semamiyt: An unknown animal. KJV (1): spider - Strongs: H8079 (שְׂמָמִית)
C) mxa (אסמ ASM) AC: ? CO: Storehouse AB: ?: A storage facility for placing provisions.
Nm) mxa (אסמ ASM) - Storehouse: KJV (2): storehouse - Strongs: H618 (אָסָם)
J) mfx (סומ SWM) AC: Place CO: ? AB: ?
V) mfx (סומ SWM) - Place: To set anything in a place. [Hebrew and Aramaic; A generic verb with a wide application meaning to set in place] [df: MwV MyV] KJV (612): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) put, make, set, lay, appoint, give, consider, turn, brought, ordain, place, take, shew, regard, mark, dispose, care, command, give, name, have - Strongs: H7760 (שִׂים), H7761 (שִׂים)
L) mxi (יסמ YSM) AC: Place CO: ? AB: ?
V) mxi (יסמ YSM) - Place: To set anything in a place. KJV (2): (vf: Paal) put - Strongs: H3455 (יָשַׂם)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Pi`el designate, fix, שׂום Sirach 45:5c; Sirach 49:6; Phoenician שם, Assyrian šâmu. fix, determine; Sabean שׂים set, set up, SabDenkm No. 7,1. 6 CIS iv. 1; Arabic () is insert, sheathe, also compute; Ethiopic : put, place; ᵑ7שׂוּם, Syriac Old Aramaic שים); —
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular שָׂם Genesis 21:14 + ( 2 Chronicles 1:5 read שָׁםᵐ5 ᵑ9 Gi Be Kau Benz), suffix שָׂמוֺ Ezekiel 17:4 +, שָׂמָ֫הוּ Ezekiel 7:20; 3 feminine singular שָׂ֫מָה 1 Samuel 19:13, suffix שָׂמָ֫תְהוּ Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 24:7; 2 masculine singular שַׂמְתָּ Jeremiah 32:20 +; 3 plural שָׂמוּ Genesis 40:15 +; 1 plural שַׂמְנוּ Isaiah 28:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָשׂוּם Exodus 4:11, יָשִׂים Genesis 30:42 +, יָשִׂם Job 23:6; jussive יָשֵׂם 1 Samuel 22:15 +; וַיָּשֶׂם Genesis 2:8 +; suffix יְשִׂמֵנִי 2 Samuel 15:4, וַיְשִׂימְךָ 1 Kings 10:9; 2 feminine singular וַתָּשִׂימִי Isaiah 51:23; וָאָשִׂים 1 Samuel 28:21 +, וָאָשִׂימָה Ezra 8:17; Judges 12:3 Qr (Kt ואישׂמה); 2 masculine plural תָּשִׂימוּ Genesis 32:17 +, תְּשִׂימ֫וּן Exodus 22:24 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שִׂים Genesis 24:2 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שׂוֺם Deuteronomy 17:15 +, construct שׂוּם Deuteronomy 45:7 +, שִׂים Job 20:4 + 2 Samuel 14:7 Qr (Kt שׂום), שׂימו Isaiah 10:6 Kt (Qr שׂוּמוֺ), etc.; Participle שָׂם Amos 7:8 +, feminine singular הַשָּׂמָ֫ה Isaiah 51:10 (so read for ᵑ0הַשָּׂ֫מָה); plural שָׂמִים Malachi 2:2 +; pass. שִׂים Numbers 24:21 (compare Di), Obadiah 4; feminine according to most שׂוּמָה 2 Samuel 13:22 (van d. H. שׂימה Kt), but see below; שִׂימָ֫ה Psalm 56:9 Bae Buhl, but most Imperative masculine singular; — put, set (often "" נָתַן
2, q. v.), with accusative of person or of thing (expressed or implied):
1. a. put, set, in a place, + שָׁם Genesis 2:8 (J), + accusative of location Genesis 28:11 (E) + 5t.+, with 2accusative + location, 2 Kings 10:8 heads (in) heaps at (accusative of location), compare Leviticus 24:6 (עַל); + ב Leviticus 40:15 (E), figurative of ׳י, put his name, ׳בִּירוּשׁ 2 Kings 21:47 2 Chronicles 33:7, compare with שָׁם 1 Kings 9:3; Deuteronomy 12:5 6t.; especially ב of receptacle Genesis 31:34 (E), Exodus 2:3 (E), Judges 6:19 + often; sackcloth on (ב) loins Genesis 37:34 (J), 1 Kings 20:31, crown on head Zechariah 6:11; Esther 1:17, shoes on feet Ezekiel 24:17; hook, etc., in nose 1 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29; Job 40:26, incense בְּאַמֶּ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 33:10, i.e. cause thee (׳י) to smell it; feet in stocks (figurative) Job 13:27; Job 33:11; knife into throat Proverbs 23:2 (figurative of self-restraint, Fl in De); words into mouth Exodus 4:15 (J), Numbers 22:38 (E) + 8t., + Deuteronomy 31:19 teach to say or sing; into heart Job 22:22, insert also 1 Samuel 29:10 ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; trust in God Psalm 78:7; (guilt of) blood into house Deuteronomy 22:8, compare Judges 9:24 (עַל person; Song of Solomon , with נָתַן Deuteronomy 21:8; Jeremiah 26:15; Jonah 1:14); something into hand Exodus 4:21 (E), of wonders, i.e. enable hand to do them; elsewhere = take, of hammer Judges 4:21, booty 1 Kings 20:6, so (figurative) take one's life (נֶפֶשׁ) into one's palm (i.e. risk it) Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 13:14; put eyes בַּמּוּךְ 2 Kings 9:30 (see מּוּךְ, compare Isaiah 54:11); נֶפֶשׁ ( = person), בַּחַיִּים Psalm 66:9 (subject ׳י); set men at (the use of) implements 2 Samuel 12:31 (probably, compare Dr HPS; > ( ם) וַיָּשַׂ sawed them with, as "" 1 Chronicles 20:3, Th We); 1 Kings 2:5 ("" נתן) is dubious; ᵐ5 L Klo Kit read וַיִּקֹּם; charge something against (ב person; properly put in, i.e. attribute, impute, to) 1 Samuel 22:15; Job 4:18; Song of Solomon , with ל person Deuteronomy 22:14, compare (ל omitted) Deuteronomy 22:17; put בְּקֶרֶב Amos 7:8; Isaiah 63:11, בְּתוֺךְ Ezekiel 26:12.
b. put something upon (עַל) Numbers 21:8,9 (E) + often; jewels, clothes, on person Genesis 24:17 (J), Genesis 41:42 (E), Leviticus 8:8 (P), Ruth 3:3, turban Zechariah 3:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 29:5 (P), Leviticus 8:9 (P), compare (preposition omitted) Job 24:15; Job 36:13 (figurative), girdle Jeremiah 13:1,2, sackcloth 1 Kings 21:27; אָדָם עַלהָֿאָרֶץ׳שׂ Job 20:4 (of man's creation); of siege and siege engines, עַל = against, Micah 4:14; Ezekiel 23:24; put, lay, upon (עַל), 2 Kings 4:29 +; hand Genesis 48:18 (J) + 3t., + upon mouth, in silence Judges 18:19; Job 21:5, and awe Micah 7:16, so with ל Job 29:9, לְמוֺ Job 40:4; Job 40:40, upon (עַל) head 2 Samuel 13:19 (in despair, compare Jeremiah 2:37); accusative of disease Exodus 15:26 (J), so (ב person) Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 7:16; figurative, spirit (עַל) Numbers 11:17 (JE), name Numbers 6:27 (P), duty Job 37:15 (?), reproach 1 Samuel 11:2, רָעָה תַּחַת מוֺדָה Psalm 109:5 (ᵑ6 Bae וַיָּשִׁיבוּ Song of Solomon , or וַיְשַׁלְּמוּ, Hup Che); עַל לֵב׳שׂ Song of Solomon 8:6 (simile), Song of Solomon , figurative, = remember, treasure up, Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 47:7 ("" זָכַר), + 6t., with אֶל 2 Samuel 13:33; 2 Samuel 19:20 ("" id.); with ב 1 Samuel 21:13; compare בְּאָזְנֵי׳שׂ Exodus 17:14 (E), impress upon.
c. put, lay, set, with ל, 2 Kings 11:16 lay (violent) hands on = 2 Chronicles 23:15; put end to Job 18:2; Job 28:3; set לְמָרוֺם Job 5:11; render glory to Joshua 7:19 (J E; "" נָתַן), Isaiah 42:12; make covenant with 2 Samuel 23:5; set food for Genesis 43:32 (J), 2 Samuel 12:20, preposition omitted Genesis 43:31 (J), Song of Solomon , with לִפְנֵי 1 Samuel 9:24; 1 Samuel 28:22; 2 Kings 6:22; לִפְנֵי׳שׂ elsewhere Judges 18:21, of precedence Genesis 48:20b (E) : set laws (as authoritative) לִפְנֵי Exodus 19:7; Exodus 21:1 (both E), Deuteronomy 4:44; God (as moral ruler) לְנֶגְדָּם Psalm 54:5; Psalm 86:14; נֶגֶד׳שׂ also Genesis 31:37 (E), נֹכַח Ezekiel 14:4,7; לְעֵינֵי Genesis 30:41 (J).
d. put, with בֵּין Joshua 24:7 (E) + 5:t. ( Exodus 8:19 see מְּדוּת p. 804), + Genesis 30:36 (J), Genesis 32:17 (E), put space between; with תַּחַת Exodus 17:12 (E), + 3t. ( Obadiah 7 strike out לַחְמְךָ We GASm Now and others) + יָד תַּחַת יָרִךְ׳שׂ in oath Genesis 24:2,9; Genesis 47:29 (all J); put, with אֶל location 1 Samuel 6:11,15; 1 Samuel 19:13 a Habakkuk 2:15, אֶל person Job 5:8 commit unto; with אֵצֶל of thing Leviticus 6:3 (P), מִצַּד of thing Deuteronomy 31:26 (P); עִמְּךָ׳שׂ 1 Samuel 9:23 lay up something with thee, reserve it; put, with יַחַד Micah 2:12 put together = collect ("" אָסַףקִבֵּץ); without modifier 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:25; Ezekiel 30:21 apply bandage ("" נָתַן). 2 set, direct: a. sword against (ב) Judges 7:22; figurative extend compassion, ל person Isaiah 47:6. b. direct לֵב ( mind) toward, pay attention to, with ל 1 Samuel 9:20; Deuteronomy 32:46; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 44:5b; with אֶל Exodus 9:21 (J), 1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; Job 34:14 (Bu Du strike out לֵב and read רוּחוֺ יָשִׁיב); with עַל Haggai 1:5,7; Job 1:8; compl. omitted Ezekiel 44:5a Haggai 2:15,18 (twice in verse); Isaiah 41:22; Judges 19:30 read perhaps לְבַבְכֶם for לָכֶם (or עֵצָה for עֻצוּ), see especially GFM Heb. Hpt.; לֵב omitted, Isaiah 41:20 ( + רָאָה, יָדַע, הִשְׂכִּיל), with ב person Job 23:6 (so Bu, who compares Job 4:20; Job 24:12; Job 34:23, but all cases dubious); שִׂים לֵב, with עַל = intend Daniel 1:8 (object clause). c. set face (מָּנִים) toward (accusative of location) Genesis 31:21 (E), + לָבוֺא Jeremiah 42:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 42:17; Jeremiah 44:12, compare 2 Kings 12:18; Daniel 11:17; with אֶל, toward or against (implying opposition) Ezekiel 6:2 5t. Ezekiel , with עַל Ezekiel 29:2; Ezekiel 35:2, with דֶּרֶךְ of direction Ezekiel 21:2; with ב (figurative of oppos., subject ׳י): הִנְנְי שָׂם מָּנַי בָּכֶם לְרָעָה Jeremiah 44:11, compare Jeremiah 21:10; Ezekiel 15:7 ("" נתן), Leviticus 20:5 (P); with ל of thing (human subject) Daniel 11:18 Qr ( < Kt ישׁב); with עַל person + לִמְלֹךְ of purpose 1 Kings 2:15; set eyes (עֵינַים) upon, with עַל person = behold Genesis 44:21 (J), = look after, take care of Jeremiah 39:12; Jeremiah 40:4, לְטוֺבָה Jeremiah 24:6, but לְרָעָה Amos 9:4. 3. a. set, ordain, with accusative of thing Numbers 24:23 ( > accusative of person Di). b. set, establish a law, statute, + ל person Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (both E), compare Proverbs 8:29; + ב location Isaiah 42:4; Psalm 78:5 ("" הֵקִים), also Psalm 81:6; Jeremiah 33:25 + 2 Samuel 20:19 (שָׂמוּ for שְׁלֻמֵיᵐ5 Ew We Kit Bu HPS, compare Dr); establish something as (ל) law Genesis 47:26 (J), 1 Samuel 30:25 ( + ל person); establish bazaars (as a right), ב location, 1 Kings 20:34; appoint a set time Exodus 9:5 (J), Job 34:23 (reading מוֺעֵד for עוֺד GHBWr Bu), insert (perhaps) 1 Samuel 13:8 so Dr Klo HPS ( > insert אמר Th We Bu Kit, after ᵐ5 Tagrum); a place, + ל person Exodus 21:13; 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9, ל of thing 1 Kings 8:21 ( + שָׁם). c. set, found a nation, Isaiah 44:7 (several.), establish it Psalm 89:30 (לָעַד). d. set, appoint (as ruler, official) + עַל person or of a people, Exodus 1:11; Exodus 5:14; Exodus 18:21 (all E), Deuteronomy 17:14,15 (3t. in verse); Judges 11:11 ( + ל of office), 2 Samuel 17:25 ( + תַּחַת instead of) + 6t. + Genesis 47:6 (J; second accusative = ruler, expressed), 2 Samuel 23:23 (אֶל), עַל in "" 1 Chronicles 11:25; also 2accusative + ל and ב location Psalm 105:21; ב location 2 Samuel 15:4; 2 Chronicles 33:14, בְּראֹשׁ at the head of, Deuteronomy 1:13,2accusative alone Song of Solomon 1:6; with accusative of person + ל person Genesis 27:37 (E), Hosea 2:2; 1 Samuel 8:5 ( + infinitive); + of title Genesis 45:8,9; Exodus 2:14 ( + עַל; all E) + 4t. + Judges 8:33 ( + ל person), + Ezekiel 44:8 (perhaps read וַתְּשִׂימוּם Hi Sm Co and most); + ל of purpose Habakkuk 1:12; + ב of position, ל person 1 Samuel 8:11; with accusative of office alone 1 Samuel 8:12 ( + ל person), so Co Ezekiel 21:27 a (שָׂרִים for כָּרִים, see בַּר below כרר), 1 Kings 20:24 ( + תחת), compare 2 Chronicles 23:18, + עַל, אֶל, of task Numbers 4:19 (P); Job 7:20 set me as (ל) mark for (ל) him. e. set, constitute, make, with כ person or thing, Genesis 13:16 (J) I will make thy seed the dust, Genesis 32:13 (J) Genesis 48:20 (E), Deuteronomy 10:22; Hosea 11:8 16t. + (bad sense) Hosea 2:5; Nahum 3:6; 1 Kings 19:2. f. set, determine, fix, bounds Jeremiah 5:22 (2accusative) Job 38:5,33; Psalm 104:9; passive determined, settled, + עַלמֶּֿה 2 Samuel 13:32 (but see II. שׂום); appoint, send, frogs לְפַרְעֹךְ Exodus 8:8 (J), with accusative of person + עַל against 2 Kings 18:14. 4. a. set, station, at a post, etc., accusative of person Joshua 8:13 (JE), + ב location 2 Kings 10:24; Jeremiah 9:7 5t., + adverb accusative Genesis 33:2 (J), + בֵּין location Joshua 8:12, + ל (against) and אַחֲרֵי location Joshua 8:2 (both J E), + ל against Judges 9:25 ( + עַל location), + אֶל against Judges 20:29,36; doubtful are 1 Samuel 15:2 (with ל person), 1 Kings 20:12 (twice in verse) (עַלהָֿעִיר), where no object expressed (in MT); either an object has fallen out, or verb (in techn. Military sense), here intransitive or inwardly transitive (Dl ZK ii. 397 forward ! take direction toward; compare also [on Sm] We Dr Löhr), or else ׳שׂ is corrupt (compare HPS sm) b. put in position, sacred bread, sword, staves, bars, with accusative 1 Samuel 21:7; Ezekiel 21:27; Numbers 4:6,8,11,14 4t. P, Job 38:10; + עַל Exodus 32:27 (E), Exodus 40:20 (P), מִמַּעַל ל Jeremiah 43:10, מֵעַל Esther 3:1; + (various modifiers) 8t.; set in place, תֵּבֵל Job 34:13 (De and others), but context favours שָׁמַר Bu; Du לִבּוֺ בְּתֵבֵל׳שׂ. c. set up altars 1 Kings 2:19; Jeremiah 11:13, stone as memorial Genesis 18:18 (J), Genesis 28:22 (E), 1 Samuel 7:12 (compare הֵקִים Genesis 31:45 + ), image, etc. Judges 18:31 ("" הֵקִים), Deuteronomy 27:15; 1 Kings 12:29 (ב location, "" נָתַן), 2 Kings 21:7 (ב location) = 2 Chronicles 33:7, compare Psalm 74:4; Isaiah 57:8 and, + ב location, Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 32:34; rods before (לְעֵינֵי) cattle Genesis 30:41 ("" וַיַּצֵּג Genesis 30:38), compare Genesis 30:42, guide-posts Jeremiah 31:21, bed 2 Kings 4:10 ( + ל person). d. = plant, wheat Isaiah 28:25, tree Isaiah 41:19 (ב location; "" נָתַן), slip Ezekiel 17:5 (עַל by). e. set, fix (countenance) 2 Kings 8:11, so usually, but accusative omitted, and sense dubious; read perhaps וַיִּשֹּׁם (√ שׁמם, compare e.g. 1 Kings 9:8), so Klo Kmp Kit Benz. 5. a. make a thing, or person (accusative), for, transform into (ל), Joshua 6:18 (J) make camp לְחֵרֶם, Micah 1:6 make Samaria לְעִיִ, Genesis 21:13,18; (E), Exodus 14:21 (JE), Micah 4:7 (both good sense), Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 42:15,16 12t. Isaiah ( Isaiah 25:2 read עִיר for מֵעִיר Vrss. Comm.), Jeremiah 2:7 8t. Jeremiah , + 14t. + Judges 1:28 they made the Canaanites into the corvée; וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ מְּעָמָיו Psalm 85:14 maketh his steps into a way (so RV Hup Che Dr, but meaning obscure; De Bae attend to the way of (לֵב omitted); Schr Hup-Now read ׳וְיִשְׁמֹר ד); with 2accusative Joshua 8:28 (J), 1 Samuel 11:11; Micah 1:7; 1 Kings 5:23 (praegn. with עַד location), + 29t. b. make, constitute, 2accusative, 1 Samuel 8:1; 1 Samuel 18:13 ( + ל person) 1 Samuel 22:7 (לְבֻלְּכֶם, ל of accusative; or < read וְכֻלְּכֶם), Isaiah 3:7; Isaiah 60:17 6t., + 1 Samuel 11:11 form people in bands, compare Job 1:17 (one accusative, form bands), + (accusative of person omitted) Exodus 4:11 b (J), compare (beast, in figure) Ezekiel 19:5; 2accusative and accusative + ל in same ver., Isaiah 54:12 I will make rubies thy prinnacles, and (transform) thy gates into carbuncles; in phrase of naming, שָׂם שְׁמוֺ יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 Kings 17:34, compare Judges 8:31; Nehemiah 9:7; with ל, וַיָּשֶׂם לָהֶם שֵׁמוֺת Daniel 1:7, לְדָנִיֵּאל בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר׳וַיּ Daniel 1:7; make, fashion, with accusative of thing + ל person Exodus 4:11 a (J; ׳י subject); grave Nahum 1:14 (but on text and meaning see Now Bi SB Wiener Akkadian 1894, Abh. V); with accusative דֶּרֶךְ Isaiah 43:19 (ב location), compare Ezekiel 21:24; Ezekiel 21:25 ( + ל infinitive); Psalm 50:23 is dubious, usually order (one's) way, De Dr prepare way (which), et., Gr Che תֹּם for שָׂם; make name + ל person 2 Samuel 7:23 = 1 Chronicles 17:21; 2 Samuel 14:7; make for, ל person (or give to), with accusative of posterity Genesis 45:7 (E); 1 Samuel 2:20 read probably יַשַׁלֵּםᵐ5 We Kit Bu HPS, compare Dr; Ezra 10:44 b is obscure, Gu-Batten strike out וַיָּשִׂימוּ and read וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ before נָשִׁים, compare 3Esdr 9:36 BeRy Ryle. c. work, bring to pass, with accusative of thing, of ׳י s signs, etc., + ב location Exodus 10:2 (J), Jeremiah 32:20;
שִׂים fut. יָשִׂים apoc. יָשֵׂם, וַיָּשֶׂם; once יָשׂוּם Exodus 4:11 imp. שִׂים; inf. absol. שׂוֹם constr. שׂוּם; more rarely שִׂים Job 20:4 gener. to put, to set, to place; τιθέναι (Syr. ܣܳܡ; Eth. ሠደመ፡ ሤመ፡: id.; less frequent is سام Med. Ye, to set, to constitute, e.g. a price.) Specially
(1) to put, i.q. to set, to place (feßen, ftellen), when referring to persons and things which stand upright, or are rather regarded as standing than as lying prostrate. Genesis 2:8, וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־חָאָדָם “and there (in the garden) he placed man.” שׂוּם פּ׳ בֵּית כֶּלֶה to put any one in prison, 2 Chronicles 18:26. Hence
(a) to place a plant, for, to plant; like the Lat. ponere arborem; Arab. نصب Isaiah 28:25.
(b) שׂוּם בָּנִים to set, i.e. to beget children (Germ. Kinder in die Welt feßen), Ezra 10:44 compare θέσθαι παῖδα ὑπὸ ζώνῃ, Hymn. Ven. 256, 283.
(c) שׂוּם קֵן to construct a nest or habitation (in a rock), Numbers 24:21.
(d) to dispose an army, to set in array (מַחֲנֶה), Joshua 8:2, 13 Joshua 8:13 bands of soldiers (רָאשִׁים), Job 1:17 and without an accus, id., 1 Kings 20:12; Ezekiel 23:24 (compare Hiphil 21:21 ). In like manner intrans., 1 Samuel 15:2, שָׂם לוֹ בַּדֶּרֶךְ “he set himself in the way.” There is the same ellipsis in the verbs עָרַךְ No. 1, a, and שִׁית.
(e) to constitute (τιθέναι, Acts 20:18); e.g. a king, Deuteronomy 17:15 a prince, Hosea 2:2 judges, 1 Samuel 8:1 followed by two acc., 1 Sam. loc. cit.; followed by an acc. and לְ Genesis 45:9; Exodus 2:14 followed by an acc. and עַל to be set over, put in charge of any thing, Exodus 1:11, 5:14 1 Samuel 18:5.
(f) to found (as if to place a foundation), as the world, Job 34:13 a people, Isaiah 44:7 divine right, Isaiah 42:4. To this belongs the phrase in which God is said שׂוּם שְׁמוֹ to place his name (anywhere), i.e. to set his seat anywhere (to occupy the temple or holy place), Deuteronomy 12:5, 21 Deuteronomy 12:21, 14:24 1 Kings 9:3, 11:36 2 Kings 21:4 i.q. שִׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ Deuteronomy 12:11, 26:2.
(g) to set (to constitute) a statute, Genesis 47:26 a place (to determine it), Exodus 21:13.
(2) to put, to place, to lay, inanimate things, so that they lie down; Germ. legen, followed by בְּ in any place (hineinlegen), Genesis 31:34, 44:1 Deuteronomy 10:2. Job 13:27, תָּשֵׂם בַּסַּד רַגְלַי “thou hast put my feet in the stocks;” followed by עַל upon any place, to set on (darauf legen), Genesis 9:23, 22:6 שׂוּם יָד עַל פֶּה to put the hand on the mouth, as done by a person imposing silence on himself, Job 21:5, 29:9 followed by אֶל id. 1 Samuel 19:13. שִׂים אֵשׁ to set fire to, to set on fire, 1 Kings 18:23, 25 1 Kings 18:25. Specially
(a) שׂוּם שְׂמָלוֹת עָלָיו to put garments on oneself (die Kleider anlegen), Ruth 3:3 compare עַל No. 1, a.
(b) absol, to put, lay down, sc. a pledge (ein Pfand einlegen, feßen), Job 17:3. Compare Arab. وضح Conj. III, i.q. رهان وضح; Gr. τίθεσθαι, Passow, letter A, 8.
(c) to put, to impose on some one anything to be done, followed by עַל of pers. Exodus 5:8, 14:22, 24 Exodus 14:24 or to be suffered, followed by בְּ Deuteronomy 7:15 also, to attribute to any one (guilt, eine Schuld zur Laft legen), followed by עַל Judges 9:24 לְ Deuteronomy 22:14, 17 Deuteronomy 22:17בְּ 1 Samuel 22:15; Job 4:18.
(d) שׂוּם שֵׁם לְ to put or impose a name on any one (ὄνομα θεῖναί τινι, Od. xix. 403; ὄνομα θέσθαι, xix. 406), Daniel 1:7 and with a somewhat different construction, Judges 8:31, וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ “and he set his name Abimelech.” Nehemiah 9:7, and Chald. Daniel 5:12.
(e) שׂוּם לְנֶגְדּוֹ to put before one’s own eyes, used of things which we regard highly, Psalms 54:5, 86:14.
(f) followed by אֶל to propound, to explain anything to any one, Job 5:8 in like manner, followed by בְּאָזְנֵי פ׳ to declare, to signify, Exodus 17:14.
(g) to lay up as in a treasury. Job 36:13, “the wicked יָשִׂימוּ אַף lay up (in their heart) wrath;” i.e. they keep it with them, they retain wrath, they indulge in anger and envy, they do not piously turn to God. So rightly Umbreit. Commonly, “they heap up (as it were) the (divine) wrath,” θησαυρίζουσι ἑαυτοῖς θυμόν (Romans 2:5). Similar to this is the phrase
(h) שׂוּם עַל לֵב to lay up on the heart; Germ. etwas zu Herzen nehmen [Engl. to lay to heart], to let anything remain in the heart and mind, Isaiah 57:1, 11 Isaiah 57:11(Gr. θέσθαι ἐνὶ φρεσί); also, שׂוּם אֶל לֵב 2 Samuel 13:33 שׂ׳ בְּלֵב 1 Samuel 21:13, to be moved, to be anxious. Followed by a gerund, Malachi 2:2, and אֲשֶׁר לֹא (lest, that not) Daniel 1:8, to take care lest anything be done. Ellipt. Psalms 50:23, שָׂם דֶּרֶךְ “who takes care of the way,” i.e. his manner of life.
(3) to put, to place, to set, i.e. to direct, to turn in any direction, as
(a) שׂוּם עַיִן עַל to set the eye on, see עַיִן No. 1,.
(b) שׂוּם פָּנִים to set the face on or towards, in various senses, see פָּנִים No. 1, letter -ce.
(c) שׂוּם לֵב to set the heart upon, to attend, Isaiah 41:22 Haggai 2:15, 18 Haggai 2:18 and without לֵב Isaiah 41:20; Job 34:23, 37:15 Judges 19:30. Compare הֵכִין לֵב and הֵכִין id. Followed by עַל of the thing (to or towards anything), Job 1:8 אֶל Exodus 9:21 לְ Deuteronomy 32:46; Ezekiel 40:4 followed by בְּ (without לֵב), Job 33:6 but 1 Samuel 9:20, שׂוּם לֵב לְ is to set the heart and mind on, i.q. שׂוּם עַל לֵב.-From the signification of constituting (see above, No. 1, letter c) arises
(4) to make or render any one so or so, τιθέναι i.q. ποιεῖσθαι (see Passow, h.v. letter B), Exodus 4:11, מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם “who maketh the dumb?” Followed by two acc. Psalms 39:9, “make me not the reproach (object of reproach) of the wicked;” Psalms 40:5, 91:9 105:21 Job 31:24 followed by an acc. and לְ Genesis 21:13, 18 Genesis 21:18; Job 24:25; Isaiah 5:20, 23:13 followed by an acc. and כְּ (to make any one like such a one), Genesis 32:13, “I will make thy seed as the sand of the sea;” 1 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 14:17. There seems to be a blending of two constructions in Isaiah 25:2, שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל “thou hast made of a city ruins,” for לַגָּל עִיר or מֵעִיר גַּל, unless it be deemed better to supply מֵעִיר לַגָּל (עִיר) שַׂמְתָּ.-More rarely absol. to make, to do i.q. עָשָׂה (compare examples, No. 1, letter f), Genesis 6:16, “and thou shalt make the door of the ark in the side of it.” שׂוּם אֹתוֹת to do signs, i.e. miracles, Exodus 10:2; Psalms 78:43. Hence
(5) followed by a dat. to make, to prepare for an one, is often i.q. to give, as שׂוּם שָׁלוֹם לְ to give peace to any one, Numbers 6:26 שׂוּם כָּבוֹד לְ to give honour to any one, Joshua 7:19; Isaiah 42:12, compare Psalms 66:2 שׂ׳ רַחֲמִים לְ to give compassion to any one, Isaiah 47:6. Compare Gr. θεῖναί τινι ἄλγεα, πένθος, φόως, see examples, Passow, B, No. 2.
Hiphil, i.q. Kal. Imp. הָשִׂימִי, either attend, see Kal No. 3, c, or range, sc. the battle, see Kal No. 1, d, Ezekiel 21:21 and part. מֵשִׂים (attending) Job 4:20.
Hophal, once, Genesis 24:33 קרי (See יָשַׂם.)
Derivatives, תְּשׂוּמֶת, אָסָם [not so placed in Thes.], and pr.n. יְשִׂימְאֵל.