Lexical Definition

‎שׂוּם‎ sûwm (soom) to set: make ^H:V
or שִׂים sîym (seem); a primitive root

[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.

• to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

1) to put, place, set, appoint, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
1a2) to set, direct, direct toward
1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig)
1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
1c) (Hophal) to be set

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Extended Information

meaning of: שׂוּם

• : appoint

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: שׂוּם
Also see: סוּר | שׂוּר

I. ‎שׂוּם‎, ‎שִׂים‎ :582 verb put, place, set (compare Nö^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 532}; Late Hebrew ‎סוּס‎ Pi`el designate, fix, ‎שׂום‎ Eccl 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; ᵑ7 ‎שׂוּם‎, Syriac Old Aramaic ‎שים‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שָׂם‎ Gen 21:14 + (2Chr 1:5 read ‎שָׁם‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Gi Be Kau Benz), suffix ‎שָׂמוֺ‎ Ezek 17:4 +, ‎שָׂמָ֫הוּ‎ Ezek 7:20 3 feminine singular ‎שָׂ֫מָה‎ 1Sam 19:13, suffix ‎שָׂמָ֫תְהוּ‎ Ezek 19:5; Ezek 24:7 2 masculine singular ‎שַׂמְתָּ‎ Jer 32:20 +; 3 plural ‎שָׂמוּ‎ Gen 40:15 +; 1 plural ‎שַׂמְנוּ‎ Isa 28:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשׂוּם‎ Exod 4:11, ‎יָשִׂים‎ Gen 30:42 +, ‎יָשִׂם‎ Job 23:6 jussive ‎יָשֵׂם‎ 1Sam 22:15 +; ‎וַיָּשֶׂם‎ Gen 2:8 +; suffix ‎יְשִׂמֵנִי‎ 2Sam 15:4, ‎וַיְשִׂימְךָ‎ 1Kgs 10:9 2 feminine singular ‎וַתָּשִׂימִי‎ Isa 51:23 ‎וָאָשִׂים‎ 1Sam 28:21 +, ‎וָאָשִׂימָה‎ Ezra 8:17; Judg 12:3 Qr (Kt ‎ואישׂמה‎); 2 masculine plural ‎תָּשִׂימוּ‎ Gen 32:17* +, ‎תְּשִׂימ֫וּן‎ Exod 22:24* +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎שִׂים‎ Gen 24:2 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שׂוֺם‎ Deut 17:15 +, construct ‎שׂוּם‎ Deut 45:7 +, ‎שִׂים‎ Job 20:4 + 2Sam 14:7 Qr (Kt ‎שׂום‎), ‎שׂימו‎ Isa 10:6 Kt (Qr ‎שׂוּמוֺ‎), etc.; Participle ‎שָׂם‎ Amos 7:8 +, feminine singular ‎הַשָּׂמָ֫ה‎ Isa 51:10 (so read for ᵑ0 ‎הַשָּׂ֫מָה‎); plural ‎שָׂמִים‎ Mal 2:2 +; pass. ‎שִׂים‎ Num 24:21 (compare Di), Obad 1:4 feminine according to most ‎שׂוּמָה‎ 2Sam 13:22 (van d. H. ‎שׂימה‎ Kt), but see below; ‎שִׂימָ֫ה‎ Ps 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 Gen 2:8 (J), + accusative of location Gen 28:11 (E) + 5 t.+, with 2 accusative + location, 2Kgs 10:8 heads (in) heaps at (accusative of location), compare Lev 24:6 (‎עַל‎); + ‎ב‎ Lev 40:15 (E), figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎, put his name, ‎׳‎‎בִּירוּשׁ‎ 2Kgs 21:47 = 2Chr 33:7, compare with ‎שָׁם‎ 1Kgs 9:3; Deut 12:5 + 6 t.; especially ‎ב‎ of receptacle Gen 31:34 (E), Exod 2:3 (E), Judg 6:19 + often; sackcloth on (‎ב‎) loins Gen 37:34 (J), 1Kgs 20:31, crown on head Zech 6:11; Esth 1:17, shoes on feet Ezek 24:17 hook, etc., in nose 1Kgs 19:28 = Isa 37:29; Job 40:26*, incense ‎בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ‎ Deut 33:10, i.e. cause thee (‎׳‎‎י‎) to smell it; feet in stocks (figurative) Job 13:27; Job 33:11 knife into throat Prov 23:2 (figurative of self-restraint, Fl in De); words into mouth Exod 4:15 (J), Num 22:38 (E) + 8 t., + Deut 31:19 teach to say or sing; into heart Job 22:22, insert also 1Sam 29:10 ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; trust in God Ps 78:7 (guilt of) blood into house Deut 22:8, compare Judg 9:24 (‎עַל‎ person; so, with ‎נָתַן‎ Deut 21:8; Jer 26:15; Jonah 1:14); something into hand Exod 4:21 (E), of wonders, i.e. enable hand to do them; elsewhere = take, of hammer Judg 4:21, booty 1Kgs 20:6, so (figurative) take one's life (‎נֶפֶשׁ‎) into one's palm (i.e. risk it) Judg 12:3; 1Sam 19:5; 1Sam 28:21; Job 13:14 put eyes ‎בַּפּוּךְ‎ 2Kgs 9:30 (see ‎פּוּךְ‎, compare Isa 54:11); ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ ( = person), ‎בַּחַיִּים‎ Ps 66:9 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); set men at (the use of) implements 2Sam 12:31 (probably, compare Dr HPS; > (‎ ם‎) ‎וַיָּשַׂ‎ sawed them with, as || 1Chr 20:3, Th We); 1Kgs 2:5 (|| ‎נתן‎) is dubious; ᵐ5^L Klo Kit read ‎וַיִּקֹּם‎; charge something against (‎ב‎ person; properly put in, i.e. attribute, impute, to) 1Sam 22:15; Job 4:18 so, with ‎ל‎ person Deut 22:14, compare (‎ל‎ omitted) vDeut 22:17 put ‎בְּקֶרֶב‎ Amos 7:8; Isa 63:11, ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎ Ezek 26:12.
b. put something upon (‎עַל‎) Num 21:8; Num 21:9 (E) + often; jewels, clothes, on person Gen 24:17 (J), Gen 41:42 (E), Lev 8:8 (P), Ruth 3:3, turban Zech 3:5 (twice in verse); Exod 29:5 (P), Lev 8:9 (P), compare (preposition omitted) Job 24:15; Job 36:13 (figurative), girdle Jer 13:1; Jer 13:2, sackcloth 1Kgs 21:27 ‎אָדָם עַלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Job 20:4 (of man's creation); of siege and siege engines, ‎עַל‎ = against, Mic 4:14*; Ezek 23:24 put, lay, upon (‎עַל‎), 2Kgs 4:29 +; hand Gen 48:18 (J) + 3 t., + upon mouth, in silence Judg 18:19; Job 21:5, and awe Mic 7:16, so with ‎ל‎ Job 29:9, ‎לְמוֺ‎ Job 40:4; Job 40:40, upon (‎עַל‎) head 2Sam 13:19 (in despair, compare Jer 2:37); accusative of disease Exod 15:26 (J), so (‎ב‎ person) vExod 15:26; Deut 7:16 figurative, spirit (‎עַל‎) Num 11:17 (JE), name Num 6:27 (P), duty Job 37:15 (?), reproach 1Sam 11:2, ‎רָעָה תַּחַת מוֺדָה‎ Ps 109:5 (ᵑ6 Bae ‎וַיָּשִׁיבוּ‎ so, or ‎וַיְשַׁלְּמוּ‎, Hup Che); ‎עַל לֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Song 8:6 (simile), so, figurative, = remember, treasure up, Isa 42:25; Isa 47:7 (|| ‎זָכַר‎), + 6 t., with ‎אֶל‎ 2Sam 13:33; 2Sam 19:20* (|| id.); with ‎ב‎ 1Sam 21:13* compare ‎בְּאָזְנֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Exod 17:14 (E), impress upon.
c. put, lay, set, with ‎ל‎, 2Kgs 11:16 lay (violent) hands on = 2Chr 23:15 put end to Job 18:2; Job 28:3 set ‎לְמָרוֺם‎ Job 5:11 render glory to Josh 7:19 (J E; || ‎נָתַן‎), Isa 42:12 make covenant with 2Sam 23:5 set food for Gen 43:32 (J), 2Sam 12:20, preposition omitted Gen 43:31 (J), so, with ‎לִפְנֵי‎ 1Sam 9:24; 1Sam 28:22; 2Kgs 6:22 ‎לִפְנֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ elsewhere Judg 18:21, of precedence Gen 48:20b (E) : set laws (as authoritative) ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Exod 19:7; Exod 21:1 (both E), Deut 4:44 God (as moral ruler) ‎לְנֶגְדָּם‎ Ps 54:5*; Ps 86:14 ‎נֶגֶד‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ also Gen 31:37 (E), ‎נֹכַח‎ Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7 ‎לְעֵינֵי‎ Gen 30:41 (J).
d. put, with ‎בֵּין‎ Josh 24:7 (E) + 5:t. (Exod 8:19* see ‎פְּדוּת‎ p. 804), + Gen 30:36 (J), Gen 32:17* (E), put space between; with ‎תַּחַת‎ Exod 17:12 (E), + 3 t. (Obad 1:7 strike out ‎לַחְמְךָ‎ We GASm Now and others) + ‎יָד תַּחַת יָרִךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ in oath Gen 24:2; Gen 24:9; Gen 47:29 (all J); put, with ‎אֶל‎ location 1Sam 6:11; 1Sam 6:15; 1Sam 19:13 a Hab 2:15, ‎אֶל‎ person Job 5:8 commit unto; with ‎אֵצֶל‎ of thing Lev 6:3* (P), ‎מִצַּד‎ of thing Deut 31:26 (P); ‎עִמְּךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ 1Sam 9:23 lay up something with thee, reserve it; put, with ‎יַחַד‎ Mic 2:12 put together = collect (|| ‎אָסַף‎ ‎קִבֵּץ‎); without modifier 1Kgs 18:23 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 18:25; Ezek 30:21 apply bandage (|| ‎נָתַן‎).

2. set, direct:
a. sword against (‎ב‎) Judg 7:22 figurative extend compassion, ‎ל‎ person Isa 47:6.
b. direct ‎לֵב‎ (mind) toward, pay attention to, with ‎ל‎ 1Sam 9:20; Deut 32:46; Ezek 40:4; Ezek 44:5b; with ‎אֶל‎ Exod 9:21 (J), 1Sam 25:25; 2Sam 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; Job 34:14 (Bu Du strike out ‎לֵב‎ and read ‎רוּחוֺ יָשִׁיב‎); with ‎עַל‎ Hag 1:5; Hag 1:7; Job 1:8 compl. omitted Ezek 44:5a Hag 2:15; Hag 2:18 (twice in verse); Isa 41:22; Judg 19:30 read perhaps ‎לְבַבְכֶם‎ for ‎לָכֶם‎ (or ‎עֵצָה‎ for ‎עֻצוּ‎), see especially GFM^Heb. Hpt.; ‎לֵב‎ omitted, Isa 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 Dan 1:8 (object clause).
c. set face (‎פָּנִים‎) toward (accusative of location) Gen 31:21 (E), + ‎לָבוֺא‎ Jer 42:15 (twice in verse); Jer 42:17; Jer 44:12, compare 2Kgs 12:18*; Dan 11:17 with ‎אֶל‎, toward or against (implying opposition) Ezek 6:2 + 5 t. Ezekiel, with ‎עַל‎ Ezek 29:2; Ezek 35:2, with ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ of direction Ezek 21:2* with ‎ב‎ (figurative of oppos., subject ‎׳‎‎י‎): ‎הִנְנְי שָׂם פָּנַי בָּכֶם לְרָעָה‎ Jer 44:11, compare Jer 21:10; Ezek 15:7 (|| ‎נתן‎), Lev 20:5 (P); with ‎ל‎ of thing (human subject) Dan 11:18 Qr ( < Kt ‎ישׁב‎); with ‎עַל‎ person + ‎לִמְלֹךְ‎ of purpose 1Kgs 2:15 set eyes (‎עֵינַים‎) upon, with ‎עַל‎ person = behold Gen 44:21 (J), = look after, take care of Jer 39:12; Jer 40:4, ‎לְטוֺבָה‎ Jer 24:6, but ‎לְרָעָה‎ Amos 9:4.

3. a. set, ordain, with accusative of thing Num 24:23 ( > accusative of person Di).
b. set, establish a law, statute, + ‎ל‎ person Exod 15:25; Josh 24:25 (both E), compare Prov 8:29 + ‎ב‎ location Isa 42:4; Ps 78:5 (|| ‎הֵקִים‎), also Ps 81:6*; Jer 33:25 + 2Sam 20:19 (‎שָׂמוּ‎ for ‎שְׁלֻמֵי‎ ᵐ5 Ew We Kit Bu HPS, compare Dr); establish something as (‎ל‎) law Gen 47:26 (J), 1Sam 30:25 ( + ‎ל‎ person); establish bazaars (as a right), ‎ב‎ location, 1Kgs 20:34 appoint a set time Exod 9:5 (J), Job 34:23 (reading ‎מוֺעֵד‎ for ‎עוֺד‎ GHBWr Bu), insert (perhaps) 1Sam 13:8 so Dr Klo HPS ( > insert ‎אמר‎ Th We Bu Kit, after ᵐ5 Tagrum); a place, + ‎ל‎ person Exod 21:13; 2Sam 7:10 = 1Chr 17:9, ‎ל‎ of thing 1Kgs 8:21 ( + ‎שָׁם‎).
c. set, found a nation, Isa 44:7 (several.), establish it Ps 89:30* (‎לָעַד‎).
d. set, appoint (as ruler, official) + ‎עַל‎ person or of a people, Exod 1:11; Exod 5:14; Exod 18:21 (all E), Deut 17:14; Deut 17:15 (3 t. in verse); Judg 11:11 ( + ‎ל‎ of office), 2Sam 17:25 ( + ‎תַּחַת‎ instead of) + 6 t. + Gen 47:6 (J; second accusative = ruler, expressed), 2Sam 23:23 (‎אֶל‎), ‎עַל‎ in || 1Chr 11:25 also 2 accusative + ‎ל‎ and ‎ב‎ location Ps 105:21 ‎ב‎ location 2Sam 15:4; 2Chr 33:14, ‎בְּראֹשׁ‎ at the head of, Deut 1:13, 2 accusative alone Song 1:6 with accusative of person + ‎ל‎ person Gen 27:37 (E), Hos 2:2*; 1Sam 8:5 ( + infinitive); + of title Gen 45:8; Gen 45:9; Exod 2:14 ( + ‎עַל‎; all E) + 4 t. + Judg 8:33 ( + ‎ל‎ person), + Ezek 44:8 (perhaps read ‎וַתְּשִׂימוּם‎ Hi Sm Co and most); + ‎ל‎ of purpose Hab 1:12 + ‎ב‎ of position, ‎ל‎ person 1Sam 8:11 with accusative of office alone 1Sam 8:12 ( + ‎ל‎ person), so Co Ezek 21:27* a (‎שָׂרִים‎ for ‎כָּרִים‎, see ‎בַּר‎ below ‎כרר‎), 1Kgs 20:24 ( + ‎תחת‎), compare 2Chr 23:18, + ‎עַל‎, ‎אֶל‎, of task Num 4:19 (P); Job 7:20 set me as (‎ל‎) mark for (‎ל‎) him.
e. set, constitute, make, with ‎כ‎ person or thing, Gen 13:16 (J) I will make thy seed the dust, Gen 32:13* (J) Gen 48:20 (E), Deut 10:22; Hos 11:8 + 16 t. + (bad sense) Hos 2:5*; Nah 3:6; 1Kgs 19:2. feminine set, determine, fix, bounds Jer 5:22 (2 accusative) Job 38:5; Job 38:33; Ps 104:9 passive determined, settled, + ‎עַלפֶּֿה‎ 2Sam 13:32 (but see II. ‎שׂום‎); appoint, send, frogs ‎לְפַרְעֹךְ‎ Exod 8:8* (J), with accusative of person + ‎עַל‎ against 2Kgs 18:14.

4. a. set, station, at a post, etc., accusative of person Josh 8:13 (JE), + ‎ב‎ location 2Kgs 10:24; Jer 9:7* + 5 t., + adverb accusative Gen 33:2 (J), + ‎בֵּין‎ location Josh 8:12, + ‎ל‎ (against) and ‎אַחֲרֵי‎ location vJosh 8:2 (both J E), + ‎ל‎ against Judg 9:25 ( + ‎עַל‎ location), + ‎אֶל‎ against Judg 20:29; Judg 20:36 doubtful are 1Sam 15:2 (with ‎ל‎ person), 1Kgs 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 1Sam 21:7*; Ezek 21:27*; Num 4:6; Num 4:8; Num 4:11; Num 4:14 + 4 t. P, Job 38:10 + ‎עַל‎ Exod 32:27 (E), Exod 40:20 (P), ‎מִמַּעַל ל‎ Jer 43:10, ‎מֵעַל‎ Esth 3:1 + (various modifiers) 8 t.; set in place, ‎תֵּבֵל‎ Job 34:13 (De and others), but context favours ‎שָׁמַר‎ Bu; Du ‎לִבּוֺ בְּתֵבֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎.
c. set up altars 1Kgs 2:19; Jer 11:13, stone as memorial Gen 18:18 (J), Gen 28:22 (E), 1Sam 7:12 (compare ‎הֵקִים‎ Gen 31:45 + ), image, etc. Judg 18:31 (|| ‎הֵקִים‎), Deut 27:15; 1Kgs 12:29 (‎ב‎ location, || ‎נָתַן‎), 2Kgs 21:7 (‎ב‎ location) = 2Chr 33:7, compare Ps 74:4; Isa 57:8 and, + ‎ב‎ location, Jer 7:30; Jer 32:34 rods before (‎לְעֵינֵי‎) cattle Gen 30:41 (|| ‎וַיַּצֵּג‎ vGen 30:38), compare vGen 30:42, guide-posts Jer 31:21, bed 2Kgs 4:10 ( + ‎ל‎ person).
d. = plant, wheat Isa 28:25, tree Isa 41:19 (‎ב‎ location; || ‎נָתַן‎), slip Ezek 17:5 (‎עַל‎ by).
e. set, fix (countenance) 2Kgs 8:11, so usually, but accusative omitted, and sense dubious; read perhaps ‎וַיִּשֹּׁם‎ (√ ‎שׁמם‎, compare e.g. 1Kgs 9:8), so Klo Kmp Kit Benz.

5. a. make a thing, or person (accusative), for, transform into (‎ל‎), Josh 6:18 (J) make camp ‎לְחֵרֶם‎, Mic 1:6 make Samaria ‎לְעִיִ‎, Gen 21:13; Gen 21:18 (E), Exod 14:21 (JE), Mic 4:7 (both good sense), Isa 28:17; Isa 42:15; Isa 42:16 + 12 t. Isaiah (Isa 25:2 read ‎עִיר‎ for ‎מֵעִיר‎ Vrss. Comm.), Jer 2:7 + 8 t. Jeremiah, + 14 t. + Judg 1:28 they made the Canaanites into the corvée; ‎וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו‎ Ps 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 2 accusative Josh 8:28 (J), 1Sam 11:11; Mic 1:7; 1Kgs 5:23* (praegn. with ‎עַד‎ location), + 29 t.
b. make, constitute, 2 accusative, 1Sam 8:1; 1Sam 18:13 ( + ‎ל‎ person) 1Sam 22:7 (‎לְבֻלְּכֶם‎, ‎ל‎ of accusative; or < read ‎וְכֻלְּכֶם‎), Isa 3:7; Isa 60:17 + 6 t., + 1Sam 11:11 form people in bands, compare Job 1:17 (one accusative, form bands), + (accusative of person omitted) Exod 4:11b (J), compare (beast, in figure) Ezek 19:5 2 accusative and accusative + ‎ל‎ in same ver., Isa 54:12 I will make rubies thy prinnacles, and (transform) thy gates into carbuncles; in phrase of naming, ‎שָׂם שְׁמוֺ יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 2Kgs 17:34, compare Judg 8:31; Neh 9:7 with ‎ל‎, ‎וַיָּשֶׂם לָהֶם שֵׁמוֺת‎ Dan 1:7, ‎לְדָנִיֵּאל בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיּ‎ vDan 1:7 make, fashion, with accusative of thing + ‎ל‎ person Exod 4:11a (J; ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject); grave Nah 1:14 (but on text and meaning see Now Bi^{SB Wiener Akkadian 1894, Abh. V}); with accusative ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Isa 43:19 (‎ב‎ location), compare Ezek 21:24*; Ezek 21:25* ( + ‎ל‎ infinitive); Ps 50:23 is dubious, usually order (one's) way, De Dr prepare way (which), et., Gr Che ‎תֹּם‎ for ‎שָׂם‎; make name + ‎ל‎ person 2Sam 7:23 = 1Chr 17:21; 2Sam 14:7 make for, ‎ל‎ person (or give to), with accusative of posterity Gen 45:7 (E); 1Sam 2:20 read probably ‎יַשַׁלֵּם‎ ᵐ5 We Kit Bu HPS, compare Dr; Ezra 10:44b is obscure, Gu-Batten strike out ‎וַיָּשִׂימוּ‎ and read ‎וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ‎ before ‎נָשִׁים‎, compare 3 Esdr 9:36 BeRy Ryle.
c. work, bring to pass, with accusative of thing, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s signs, etc., + ‎ב‎ location Exod 10:2 (J), Jer 32:20; Isa 66:19; Ps 46:9*; Ps 78:43; Ps 105:27.
d. appoint, give, accusative of thing Num 6:26 (P), Isa 61:3 (|| ‎נָתַן‎; both with ‎ל‎ person); a pledge Job 17:3 (|| ‎עָרְבֵנִי‎ go surety for me, but read perhaps ‎עֶרְבֹנִי‎ as object); ‎וַשׂוֺם שֵׂכֶל‎ Neh 8:8 giving understanding (making sense clear). Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular consecutive ‎וַהֲשִׂמֹתִיהוּ‎ Ezek 14:8, accusative of person + ‎ל‎, I will make him for a sign (< ‎שׁ‎ for ‎שׂ‎ van d. H., √ ‎שׁמם‎; Co Berthol Toy ‎וְשַׂמְתִּיהוּ‎ (Qal), Krae ‎וַהִשְׁמַדְתִּיהוּ‎); Imperative feminine singular ‎הָשׂימִי‎ Ezek 21:21*, probably del as dittograph Co Krae after ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Nö<sup>ZMG xxxvii (1888), 530</sup> ( > Bö Toy and others ‎הִקְדִּימוּ‎); Participle ‎מֵשִׂים‎ Job 4:20 = Qal (‎לֵב‎) ‎שׂום‎ (Job 4:23b), but phrase dubious, and text perhaps corrupt, see Me Nö<sup>l.c.</sup> Hoph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַּיּוּשׂם‎ Gen 24:33 Qr (Kt ‎ויישׂם‎ Ges^{«GKC:73f»§ 73f}) there was set before him (‎לְפָנָיו‎) to eat, compare Ol^{MBAk. 1870, 389} Kö^{i. 435}, who read also ‎וַיוּשַׂם‎ Gen 50:26 he was laid in (‎ב‎) a mummy-case (for ᵑ0 ‎וַיִּישֶׂם‎), Di (ed. 4.5.6) allows this.

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‎שׂוּמָה‎ (van d. H. ‎שׂימה‎ Kt) perhaps noun feminine token of unluckiness, scowl; — 2Sam 13:32, so Ew^{G iii. 234, H.172} (abbreviated from‎שׂמאל‎; or emendation ‎שִׁטְמָה‎) We RS^{Ency. Brit}.(9) DAVID Kit, compare Dr HPS.

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