שׂוּם

sumVerbH7760

to set: make

From: or שִׂים; a primitive root;

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

make/establish 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

Grammar

Part of Speech Verb

Morphology H:V

DescriptionHebrew Verb

Occurrences

508 times

Appears 508 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Isaiah
50
Exodus
44
Genesis
43
Job
37
Jeremiah
34

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 10:10
  • 2 Samuel 17:25
  • Ezk 25:2
  • Isaiah 50:2
  • Job 38:10

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