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. Numbers 4:6 וְשָׂמ֖וּ ve.sa.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

2. Numbers 4:8 וְשָׂמ֖וּ ve.sa.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.

3. Numbers 4:11 וְשָׂמ֖וּ ve.sa.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof:

4. Numbers 4:14 וְשָׂמ֥וּ ve.sa.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof.

5. Numbers 4:19 וְשָׂמ֣וּ ve.sa.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

6. Numbers 6:26 וְיָשֵׂ֥ם ve.ya.Sem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

7. Numbers 6:27 וְשָׂמ֥וּ ve.sa.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

8. Numbers 11:11 לָשׂ֗וּם la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

9. Numbers 11:17 וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י ve.sam.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

   And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

10. Numbers 16:7 וְשִׂימוּ֩ ve.si.Mu · A command to all of you: simple action

    and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

11. Numbers 16:18 וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ vai.ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

12. Numbers 16:46 וְשִׂ֣ים ve.Sim · A command to you: simple action

    And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.

13. Numbers 21:8 וְשִׂ֥ים ve.Sim · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

14. Numbers 21:9 וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ vay.si.Me.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

15. Numbers 22:38 יָשִׂ֧ים ya.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

16. Numbers 23:5 וַיָּ֧שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

17. Numbers 23:12 יָשִׂ֤ים ya.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

18. Numbers 23:16 וַיָּ֥שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

19. Numbers 24:21 וְשִׂ֥ים ve.Sim · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

20. Numbers 24:23 מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ mi.su.Mo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

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