Lexical Definition

‎סָמַן‎ çâman (saw-man') to appoint ^H:V
a primitive root

appointed.

• to designate

1) to mark off
1a) (Niphal) appointed, determined (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סמן‎ verb whence Niph`al Participle ‎נִסְמָן‎ Isa 28:25 (si vera lectio) barley in an appointed place, or a determined portion (compare Ges Hi De and others), but ‎׳‎‎נ‎ lacking in ᵐ5 and plausibly taken as dittograph for ‎כֻּסֶּמֶת‎ by We^{Prol. 417}; Geschichte. Israel i. 409 Che^{Comm. and} Hpt. Du; compare Brd Gu^Kau.

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