שׂוּם

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to set: make H7760A 273
• to set: put H7760H · a Meaning of 239
• to set: consider H7760K · a Meaning of 29
• to set: appoint H7760L · a Meaning of 26
• to set: take H7760I · a Meaning of 9
• to set: name H7760M · a Meaning of 5
• to set: accuse H7760J · a Meaning of 3
• fate H7760B 1

Strong's dictionary

or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Samuel 2:20 יָשֵׂם֩ ya.Sem · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

2. 1 Samuel 6:8 תָּשִׂ֥ימוּ ta.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

   and take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

3. 1 Samuel 6:11 וַיָּשִׂ֛מוּ vai.ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.

4. 1 Samuel 6:15 וַיָּשִׂ֖מוּ vai.ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.

5. 1 Samuel 7:12 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.

6. 1 Samuel 8:1 וַיָּ֧שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

7. 1 Samuel 8:5 שִֽׂימָה־ si.mah- · A command to you: simple action

   and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

8. 1 Samuel 8:11 וְשָׂ֥ם ve.Sam · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

   And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

9. 1 Samuel 8:12 וְלָשׂ֣וּם ve.la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

10. 1 Samuel 9:20 תָּ֧שֶׂם Ta.sem · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not they mind on them; for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house?

11. 1 Samuel 9:23 שִׂ֥ים sim · A command to you: simple action

    And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

12. 1 Samuel 9:24 וַיָּ֣שֶׂם׀ vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold, that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

13. 1 Samuel 9:24 שִׂים־ sim- · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold, that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

14. 1 Samuel 10:19 תָּשִׂ֣ים ta.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

15. 1 Samuel 11:2 וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יהָ ve.sam.Ti.ha · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

16. 1 Samuel 11:11 וַיָּ֨שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left together.

17. 1 Samuel 15:2 שָׂ֥ם sam · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

18. 1 Samuel 17:40 וַיָּ֣שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

19. 1 Samuel 17:54 שָׂ֥ם sam · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

20. 1 Samuel 18:5 וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ vay.si.Me.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

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