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. 2 Samuel 7:10 וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י ve.sam.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

   And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,

2. 2 Samuel 7:23 וְלָשׂ֧וּם ve.la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

3. 2 Samuel 8:6 וַיָּ֨שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

4. 2 Samuel 8:14 וַיָּ֨שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

5. 2 Samuel 8:14 שָׂ֣ם sam · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

6. 2 Samuel 12:20 וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ vai.ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

7. 2 Samuel 12:31 וַיָּ֣שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

8. 2 Samuel 13:19 וַתָּ֤שֶׂם va.Ta.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.

9. 2 Samuel 13:32 שׂוּמָ֔ה su.Mah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

10. 2 Samuel 13:33 יָשֵׂם֩ ya.Sem · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.

11. 2 Samuel 14:3 וַיָּ֧שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

12. 2 Samuel 14:7 שִׂים som- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

13. 2 Samuel 14:19 שָׂ֚ם Sam · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

14. 2 Samuel 15:4 יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי ye.si.Me.ni · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

15. 2 Samuel 17:25 שָׂ֧ם sam · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

16. 2 Samuel 18:1 וַיָּ֣שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

17. 2 Samuel 18:3 יָשִׂ֧ימוּ ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city.

18. 2 Samuel 18:3 יָשִׂ֤ימוּ ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city.

19. 2 Samuel 19:19 לָשׂ֥וּם la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And he said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

20. 2 Samuel 23:5 שָׂ֣ם sam · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.