Or siym {seem}; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) -- X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
H7760. sum
or sim I. שִׂים שׂוּם, :582 verb put, place, set (compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late Hebrew סוּס
Pi`el designate, fix, שׂום Ecclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenician שם, Assyrian šâmu. fix, determine; Sabean שׂים set, set up, SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 6 CISiv. 1; Arabic () is insert, sheathe, also compute; Ethiopic : put, place; שׂוּם ᵑ7, Syriac Old Aramaic שים); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular שָׂם Genesis 21:14 + (2 Chronicles 1:5 read ᵑ9 ᵐ5 שָׁם Gi Be Kau Benz), suffix שָׂמוֺ Ezekiel 17:4 +, שָׂמָ֫הוּ 7:20; 3feminine singular שָׂ֫מָה 1 Samuel 19:13, suffix שָׂמָ֫תְהוּ Ezekiel 19:5; 24:7; 2masculine singular שַׂמְתָּ Jeremiah 32:20 +; 3 plural שָׂמוּ Genesis 40:15 +; 1 plural שַׂמְנוּ Isaiah 28:15, etc.; Imperfect3masculine 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; 2feminine 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 Deut 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 הַשָּׂ֫מָה ᵑ0); 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 28:11 (E) + 5 t.+, with 2 accusative + location, 2 Kings 10:8 heads (in) heaps at (accusative of location), compare Leviticus 24:6 (עַל); + ב Lev 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; 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) + 8 t., + 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; so, 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; 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; ᵐ5L Klo Kit read וַיִּקֹּם; charge something against (ב person; properly put in, i.e. attribute, impute, to) 1 Samuel 22:15; Job 4:18; so, with ל person Deuteronomy 22:14, compare (ל omitted) 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), 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; 36:13 (figurative), girdle Jeremiah 13:1-2, sackcloth 1 Kings 21:27; ׳שׂ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ אָדָם 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) + 3 t., + upon mouth, in silence Judges 18:19; Job 21:5, and awe Micah 7:16, so with ל Job 29:9, לְמוֺ 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) 15:26; Deuteronomy 7:16; figurative, spirit (עַל) Numbers 11:17 (JE), name 6:27 (P), duty Job 37:15 (?), reproach 1 Samuel 11:2, מוֺדָה תַּחַת רָעָה Psalm 109:5 (ᵑ6 Bae וַיָּשִׁיבוּ so, or וַיְשַׁלְּמוּ, Hup Che); ׳שׂ לֵב עַל Song of Solomon 8:6 (simile), so, figurative, = remember, treasure up, Isaiah 42:25; 47:7 ("" זָכַר), + 6 t., with אֶל 2 Samuel 13:33; 19:20 ("" id.); with ב 1 Samuel 21:13; compare ׳שׂ בְּאָזְנֵי 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; 28:3; set לְמָרוֺם 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), so, with לִפְנֵי 1 Samuel 9:24; 28:22; 2 Kings 6:22; ׳שׂ לִפְנֵי elsewhere Judges 18:21, of precedence Genesis 48:20b (E) : set laws (as authoritative) לִפְנֵי Exodus 19:7; 21:1 (both E), Deuteronomy 4:44; God (as moral ruler) לְנֶגְדָּם Psalm 54:5; 86:14; ׳שׂ נֶגֶד 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), 32:17 (E), put space between; with תַּחַת Exodus 17:12 (E), + 3 t. (Obadiah 7 strike out לַחְמְךָ We GASm Now and others) + ׳שׂ יָרִךְ תַּחַת יָד in oath Genesis 24:2, 9; 47:29 (all J); put, with אֶל location 1 Samuel 6:11, 15; 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); ׳שׂ עִמְּךָ 1 Samuel 9:23 lay up something with thee, reserve it; put, with יַחַד Micah 2:12 put together = collect ("" קִבֵּץ אָסַף); without modifier 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse); 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; 44:5b; with אֶל Exodus 9:21 (J), 1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; 34:14 (Bu Du strike out לֵב and read יָשִׁיב רוּחוֺ); 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 GFMHeb. Hpt.; לֵב omitted, Isaiah 41:20 ( + הִשְׂכִּיל יָדַע, רָאָה,), with ב person Job 23:6 (so Bu, who compares 4:20; 24:12; 34:23, but all cases dubious); לֵב שִׂים, 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); 42:17; 44:12, compare 2 Kings 12:18; Daniel 11:17; with אֶל, toward or against (implying opposition) Ezekiel 6:2 5t. Ezekiel, with עַל 29:2; 35:2, with דֶּרֶךְ of direction 21:2; with ב (figurative of oppos., subject ׳י): לְרָעָה בָּכֶם מָּנַי שָׂם הִנְנְי Jeremiah 44:11, compare 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; 40:4, לְטוֺבָה 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 81:6; Jeremiah 33:25 + 2 Samuel 20:19 (שָׂמוּ for ᵐ5 שְׁלֻמֵי 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; 5:14; 18:21 (all E), Deuteronomy 17:14-15, (3 t. in verse); Judges 11:11 ( + ל of office), 2 Samuel 17:25 ( + תַּחַת instead of) + 6 t. + 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) + 4 t. + 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 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, + אֶל עַל,, 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, 32:13 (J) 48:20 (E), Deuteronomy 10:22; Hosea 11:8 16t. + (bad sense) 2:5; Nahum 3:6; 1 Kings 19:2.
f. set, determine, fix, bounds Jeremiah 5:22 (2 accusative) 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 8:2 (both J E), + ל against Judges 9:25 ( + עַל location), + אֶל against 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 (DlZK ii. 397 forward ! take direction toward; compare also [on Sm] We Dr Löhr), or else ׳שׂ is corrupt (compare HPSsm)
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), 40:20 (P), ל מִמַּעַל Jeremiah 43:10, מֵעַל Esther 3:1; + (various modifiers) 8 t.; set in place, תֵּבֵל Job 34:13 (De and others), but context favours שָׁמַר Bu; Du ׳שׂ בְּתֵבֵל לִבּוֺ.
c. set up altars 1 Kings 2:19; Jeremiah 11:13, stone as memorial Genesis 18:18 (J), 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; 32:34; rods before (לְעֵינֵי) cattle Genesis 30:41 ("" וַיַּצֵּג 30:38), compare 30:42, guide-posts Jeremiah 31:21, bed 2 Kings 4:10 ( + ל person).
d. = plant, wheat Isaiah 28:25, tree 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; 42:15-16, 12t. Isaiah (25:2 read עִיר for מֵעִיר Vrss. Comm.), Jeremiah 2:7-8t. Jeremiah, + 14 t. + Judges 1:28 they made the Canaanites into the corvée; מְּעָמָיו לְדֶרֶךְ וְיָשֵׂם 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 ד ׳וְיִשְׁמֹר); with 2 accusative Joshua 8:28 (J), 1 Samuel 11:11; Micah 1:7; 1 Kings 5:23 (praegn. with עַד location), + 29 t.
b. make, constitute, 2 accusative, 1 Samuel 8:1; 18:13 ( + ל person) 22:7 (ל לְבֻלְּכֶם, of accusative; or < read וְכֻלְּכֶם), Isaiah 3:7; 60:17 6t., + 1 Samuel 11:11 form people in bands, compare Job 1:17 (one accusative, form bands), + (accusative of person omitted) Exodus 4:11b (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, יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמוֺ שָׂם 2 Kings 17:34, compare Judges 8:31; Nehemiah 9:7; with שֵׁמוֺת לָהֶם וַיָּשֶׂם ל, Daniel 1:7, ׳וַיּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר לְדָנִיֵּאל 1:7; make, fashion, with accusative of thing + ל person Exodus 4:11a (J; ׳י subject); grave Nahum 1:14 (but on text and meaning see Now BiSB Wiener Akkadian 1894, Abh. V); with accusative דֶּרֶךְ Isaiah 43:19 (ב location), compare Ezekiel 21:24; 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 ᵐ5 יַשַׁלֵּם 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 ׳יs signs, etc., + ב location Exodus 10:2 (J), Jeremiah 32:20; Isaiah 66:19; Psalm 46:9; 78:43; 105:27.
d. appoint, give, accusative of thing Numbers 6:26 (P), Isaiah 61:3 ("" נָתַן; both with ל person); a pledge Job 17:3 ("" עָרְבֵנִי go surety for me, but read perhaps עֶרְבֹנִי as object); שֵׂכֶל וַשׂוֺם Nehemiah 8:8 giving understanding (making sense clear).
Hiph`il Perfect1singular consecutive וַהֲשִׂמֹתִיהוּ Ezekiel 14:8, accusative of person + ל, I will make him for a sign (< שׁ for שׂ van d. H., v שׁמם; Co Berthol Toy וְשַׂמְתִּיהוּ (Qal), Krae וַהִשְׁמַדְתִּיהוּ); Imperative feminine singular הָשׂימִי 21:21, probably del as dittograph Co Krae after ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 NöZMG xxxvii (1888), 530 ( > 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 Nöl.c.
Hoph`al Imperfect3masculine singular וַּיּוּשׂם Genesis 24:33 Qr (Kt ויישׂם Ges§ 73f) there was set before him (לְפָנָיו) to eat, compare OlMBAk. 1870, 389 Köi. 435, who read also וַיוּשַׂם 50:26 he was laid in (ב) a mummy-case (for וַיִּישֶׂם ᵑ0), Di (ed. 4.5.6) allows this.
שׂוּמָה (van d. H. שׂימה Kt) perhaps noun feminine token of unluckiness, scowl; — 2 Samuel 13:32, so EwG iii. 234, H.172 (abbreviated fromשׂמאל; or emendation שִׁטְמָה) We RSEncy. Brit.(9) DAVID Kit, compare Dr HPS.
[שׂוּם], שׂים verb set, make (see Biblical Hebrew; for Persian influence on usage compare Scheft65); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular שָׂם Ezra 5:3 +, suffix שָׂמֵהּ 5:14; 2masculine singular, שַׂ֫מְתָּ Daniel 3:10; 1singular טְעֵם שָׂ֫מֶת Ezra 6:12; 3masculine plural שָׂמוּ Daniel 3:12; Imperative masculine plural שִׂ֫ימוּ Ezra 4:21; —
1 make, accusative טְעֵם = make decree Daniel 3:10; Ezra 6:1, 12 + verb finite 6:8, + infinitive 4:21; 5:13 and (with ל person) 5:3; 5:9.
2 make, appoint, one's name Daniel 5:12 (2 accusative), one to office Ezra 5:14 (2 accusative).
3 set, fix, accusative בָּל mind, Daniel 6:15 (c. infinitive); accusative טְעֵם 3:12; 6:14 pay due regard (טְעֵם) to (עַל person).
Pe`il3masculine singular טְעֵם שִׂים מִנִּי Ezra 4:19, from me a decree is made, so 5:17; 6:8, 11; 7:13, 21; Daniel 3:29; 4:3; 6:27; literal 3feminine singular שֻׂמַת (read probably שִׂימַת K§ 45, Beisp. 1. d)) 6:18 (of stone, עַל local).
Hithpe`el be made: Imperfect3masculine singular יִתְּשָׂם Ezra 4:24 (of decree, סטְעֵס with מִן agent.); 3 masculine plural יִתְּשָׂמוּן Daniel 2:5 subject of thing + noun predicate be made into; Participle Ezra 5:8 literally be set, laid, of wood, ב of wall.