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 timesAppears 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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