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Lexicon :: Strong's H8058 - šāmaṭ

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שָׁמַט
Transliteration
šāmaṭ
Pronunciation
shaw-mat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2408

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַט shâmaṭ, shaw-mat'; a primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit:—discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H8058 in the following manner: release (2x), throw down (2x), shake (1x), stumble (1x), discontinue (1x), overthrown (1x), let rest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H8058 in the following manner: release (2x), throw down (2x), shake (1x), stumble (1x), discontinue (1x), overthrown (1x), let rest (1x).

  1. to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall

    1. (Qal) to let drop or fall

    2. (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to let drop

      2. to release, let drop

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַט shâmaṭ, shaw-mat'; a primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit:—discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
STRONGS H8058: Abbreviations
† [שָׁמַט] verb let drop (Late Hebrew id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph. slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַטּ loosen, pull away; bdb103001 draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic bdb103002; is hang, suspend, II. release debtor (Kam), bdb103003 string of pearls); —
Qal let drop, fall: Imperative masculine plural suffix + Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittograph) שִׁמְטוּהָו 2 Kings 9:33 he said, Let her fall, and they let her fall; then figurative, of letting land rest in seventh year:, 2nd person masculine singular suffix: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה Exodus 23:11 (E); Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה > Jeremiah 17:4 thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָֽךְךָ for וּבְךְ JDMich and modern) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; Infinitive abs. שָׁמוֺט Deuteronomy 15:2 let fall (a debt in seventh year; see מַשֶּׁה b). — Perfect 3rd person plural שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר 2 Samuel 6:6= 1 Chronicles 13:9 is dubious, most naturally either they let the oxen fall (slip, stumble), or (as Targan) the oxen let it fall (reading שְׁמָטוֺ, that is, the ark); > Thes the oxen ran away; Syriac Version slipped (the yoke)? see further Dr.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נִשְׁמְטוּ Psalm 141:6 their judges have been thrown down.
Hiph. 2nd person masculine singular (?) jussive (?) תַּשְׁמֵט Deuteronomy 15:3 thou, shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; BaNB 147 Qal; < read תִּשְׁמֹט (compare Dr), יָרֶ֑ךָ subject.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:11

Deuteronomy

15:2; 15:3

2 Samuel

6:6

2 Kings

9:33

1 Chronicles

13:9

Psalms

141:6

Jeremiah

17:4

H8058

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Strong's Number H8058 matches the Hebrew שָׁמַט (šāmaṭ),
which occurs 10 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the LORD’s release has been proclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33 - He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - When their judges are thrown over the cliff,[fn]
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:4 - You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
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