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שׂוּם

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hebrewOld TestamentVerb583 occurrences37 books549 verses

Definition

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

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שׂוּם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

583 total
  1. Exodus 3:22וְשַׂמְתֶּ֗ם · and you will put them
    Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
  2. Exodus 4:11שָׂ֣ם · gave; יָשׂ֣וּם · makes
    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  3. Exodus 4:15וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ · and put
    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  4. Exodus 4:21שַׂ֣מְתִּי · I have put
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  5. Exodus 5:8תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ · But require
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  6. Exodus 5:14שָׂ֣מוּ · had set
    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
  7. Exodus 8:12שָׂ֥ם · He had brought
    After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
  8. Exodus 8:23וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י · I will make
    I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
  9. Exodus 9:5וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · set
    The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
  10. Exodus 9:21שָׂ֛ם · disregarded
    …but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
  11. Exodus 10:2שַׂ֣מְתִּי · when I performed
    …and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
  12. Exodus 14:21וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · that turned
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  13. Exodus 15:25שָׂ֥ם · [the LORD] made
    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
  14. Exodus 15:26שַׂ֤מְתִּי · bring; אָשִׂ֣ים · I inflicted
    …saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  15. Exodus 17:12וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ · and put
    When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
  16. Exodus 17:14וְשִׂ֖ים · and recite
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
  17. Exodus 18:21וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ · Appoint them
    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  18. Exodus 19:7וַיָּ֣שֶׂם · and set
    So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
  19. Exodus 21:1תָּשִׂ֖ים · you are to set
    “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
  20. Exodus 21:13וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י · then I will appoint
    If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
  21. Exodus 22:25תְשִׂימ֥וּן · you are not to charge
    If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
  22. Exodus 24:6וַיָּ֖שֶׂם · and put [it]
    Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
  23. Exodus 26:35וְשַׂמְתָּ֤ · And place
    And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
  24. Exodus 28:12וְשַׂמְתָּ֞ · Fasten
    Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
  25. Exodus 28:26וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ · and attach
    Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
  26. Exodus 28:37וְשַׂמְתָּ֤ · Fasten
    Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
  27. Exodus 29:6וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ · Put
    Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.
  28. Exodus 29:24וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ · Put
    Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
  29. Exodus 32:27שִׂ֥ימוּ · is to fasten
    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
  30. Exodus 33:22וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךָ · I will put you
    …and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
  31. Exodus 39:7וַיָּ֣שֶׂם · Then they fastened
    Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  32. Exodus 39:19וַיָּשִׂ֕ימוּ · and attached them
    They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
  33. Exodus 40:3וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ · Put
    Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
  34. Exodus 40:5וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ · and hang
    Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
  35. Exodus 40:8וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ · Set up
    Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
  36. Exodus 40:18וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ · positioned
    When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
  37. Exodus 40:19וַיָּ֜שֶׂם · and put
    Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  38. Exodus 40:20וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · attaching
    Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
  39. Exodus 40:21וַיָּ֗שֶׂם · put up
    Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  40. Exodus 40:24וַיָּ֤שֶׂם · He also placed
    He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
  41. Exodus 40:26וַיָּ֛שֶׂם · Moses placed
    Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
  42. Exodus 40:28וַיָּ֛שֶׂם · Then he put up
    Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
  43. Exodus 40:29שָׂ֕ם · He placed
    He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  44. Exodus 40:30וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ · He placed
    He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
  45. Leviticus 2:15וְשַׂמְתָּ֥
    And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
  46. Leviticus 5:11יָשִׂ֨ים · put
    But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
  47. Leviticus 6:10וְשָׂמ֕וֹ · and place them
    And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
  48. Leviticus 8:8וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · Then he put
    Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.