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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 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but on the seventh H7637 year H7637 you shall let H8058 it [fn]rest H8058 and lie H5203 fallow, H5203 so that the needy H34 of your people H5971 may eat; H398 and whatever they leave H3499 the beast H2416 of the field H7704 may eat. H398 You are to do H6213 the same H3651 with your vineyard H3754 and your olive H2132 grove. H2132

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - “This H2088 is the manner H1697 of remission: H8059 every H3605 creditor H1167 H4874 H3027 shall release H8058 what H834 he has loaned H5383 to his neighbor; H7453 he shall not exact H5065 it of his neighbor H7453 and his brother, H251 because H3588 the LORD’S H3068 remission H8059 has been proclaimed. H7121

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - “From a foreigner H5237 you may exact H5065 it, but your hand H3027 shall release H8058 whatever H834 of yours is with your brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - But when they came H935 to the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Nacon, H5225 Uzzah H5798 reached H7971 out toward H413 the ark H727 of God H430 and took H270 hold H270 of it, for the oxen H1241 nearly upset H8058 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33 - He said, H559 “Throw H8058 her down.” H8058 So they threw H8058 her down, H8058 and some H4480 of her blood H1818 was sprinkled H5137 on the wall H7023 and on the horses, H5483 and he trampled H7429 her under foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - When they came H935 to the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Chidon, H3592 Uzza H5798 put H7971 out his hand H3027 to hold H270 the ark, H727 because H3588 the oxen H1241 nearly upset H8058 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - Their judges H8199 are thrown H8058 down H8058 by the sides H3027 of the rock, H5553
And they hear H8085 my words, H561 for they are pleasant. H5276

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:4 - And you will, even of yourself, let H8058 go H8058 of your inheritance H5159
That I gave H5414 you;
And I will make you serve H5647 your enemies H340
In the land H776 which H834 you do not know; H3045
For you have kindled H6919 a fire H784 in My anger H639
Which will burn H3344 forever. H5704 H5769
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