Lexical Definition

‎סָמַךְ‎ çâmak (saw-mak') to support ^H:V
a primitive root

bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.

• to prop (literally or figuratively)
• reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)

1) to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lean or lay upon, rest upon, lean against
1a2) to support, uphold, sustain
1b) (Niphal) to support or brace oneself
1c) (Piel) to sustain, refresh, revive

See Greek: ἀντιλαμβάνομαι · ἐπιστηρίζω · ἐπιτίθημι · ἐφίστημι · ἵστημι · προσάγω · στηρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סָמַךְ‎₄₈ verb lean, lay, rest, support (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician in proper name Lzb^{317, 329}; Aramaic ‎סְמַח‎, ; also Ethiopic () cause to lean upon, etc. Di³³⁵; Arabic is be high, ascend, raise, uplift, roof; —

Qal₄₁ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Deut 34:9; Ezek 24:2, ‎וְסָמַךְ‎ consecutive Amos 5:19 +; 3 feminine singular ‎סָֽמְכָה‎ Ps 88:8*, suffix ‎סְמָכָ֑תְהוֺ‎ Isa 59:16, ‎סְמָכָ֑תְנִי‎ Isa 63:5, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּסְמֹךְ‎ Lev 8:14; Num 27:23, suffix ‎יִסְמְכֵ֫נִי‎ Ps 3:6*, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix ‎סָמְכֵנִי‎ Ps 119:116 Participle active ‎סוֺמֵךְ‎ Isa 63:5 + 3 t.; plural construct ‎סֹמְכֵי‎ Ezek 30:6; Ps 54:6* passive ‎סָמוּךְ‎ Isa 26:3; Ps 112:8 plural ‎סְמוּכִים‎ Ps 111:8 —

1. a. lean or lay hand upon (‎עַלֿ‎): Amos 5:19 elsewhere in sacred rite: on head of sacrifice victim, as those who share in sacrifice, Exod 29:10; Exod 29:15; Exod 29:19; Lev 1:4 + 12 t. Leviticus; Num 8:12 (all P), 2Chr 29:23 so of Levites, presented to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Num 8:10 (P); on head of blasphemer Lev 24:14 (P; as witnesses of his guilt); on head of Joshua in consecration (Moses subject) Num 27:18; Num 27:23; Deut 34:9 (all P).
b. intransitive Ps 88:8* thy wrath hath rested upon me (‎עָלַי‎); also ‎סָמַךְ‎ ‎מֶלֶךְבָּֿבֶל אֶלֿ‎ Ezek 24:2 hath leaned against, rested his weight upon, Jerusalem, i.e. invested (Toy), begun the siege of it.

2. support, uphold, sustain, only figurative: with 2 accusative Gen 27:37 (J) with corn and must have I sustained him, provided sustenance for him, compare (of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Ps 51:14* uphold Egypt Ezek 30:6 absolute Isa 63:5 especially of ‎׳‎‎י‎ upholding, sustaining Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5; Ps 3:6*; Ps 37:17; Ps 37:24; Ps 54:6* (on ‎בְּ‎ essentiae see Ges^{«GKC:119i»§ 119i}, ‎בְּ‎ above 7 a), Ps 119:116; Ps 145:14 so passive participle Ps 111:8 they are sustained, i.e. maintained (‎׳‎‎י‎'s commands), ‎סָמוּךְ לִבּוֺ‎) Ps 112:8 his heart is sustained, firm, and so ‎׳‎‎יֵצֶר ס‎ Isa 26:3. Niph`al Perfect 1 singular ‎נִסְמַ֫כְתִּי‎ Ps 71:6 3 plural ‎נִסְמָ֑כוּ‎ Isa 48:2 Imperfect ‎יִסָּמֵךְ‎ 2Kgs 18:21; Isa 36:6, ‎וַיִּסָּמֵךְ‎ Judg 16:29 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּסָּֽמְכוּ‎ 2Chr 32:8 — reflexive support, or brace oneself, also with ‎עַלֿ‎<sup>Judg 16:29</sup> and he braced himself against (upon) them (the pillars); 2Kgs 18:21 (if) a man support himself on it (Egypt as a cracked reed) = Isa 36:6 on cheering words 2Chr 32:8 on God Isa 48:2; Ps 71:6. Pi`el Imperative masculine plural suffix + ‎בְּ‎ instr,: ‎סַמְּכוּנִי‎ Song 2:5 sustain (refresh, revive) me with raisin-cakes.

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