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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. Leviticus 8:9וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · [Moses] also put; וַיָּ֨שֶׂם · and set
    Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
  2. Leviticus 8:26וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ · and he placed them
    And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
  3. Leviticus 9:20וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ · and placed
    …and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar,
  4. Leviticus 10:1וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ · and added
    Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
  5. Leviticus 20:5וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י · will set
    …then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
  6. Leviticus 24:6וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ · and set
    …and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
  7. Numbers 4:6וְשָׂמ֖וּ · and insert
    They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
  8. Numbers 4:8וְשָׂמ֖וּ · and insert
    And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.
  9. Numbers 4:11וְשָׂמ֖וּ · and insert
    Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
  10. Numbers 4:14וְשָׂמ֥וּ · and insert
    …and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.
  11. Numbers 4:19וְשָׂמ֣וּ · and assign
    In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
  12. Numbers 6:26וְיָשֵׂ֥ם · and give
    …may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
  13. Numbers 6:27וְשָׂמ֥וּ · So they shall put
    So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
  14. Numbers 11:11לָשׂ֗וּם · that You have laid
    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
  15. Numbers 11:17וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י · and put
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  16. Numbers 16:7וְשִׂימוּ֩
    …and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
  17. Numbers 16:18וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ
    So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  18. Numbers 16:46וְשִׂ֣ים
    Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
  19. Numbers 21:8וְשִׂ֥ים · and mount
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
  20. Numbers 21:9וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ · and mounted
    So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
  21. Numbers 22:38יָשִׂ֧ים · puts
    “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
  22. Numbers 23:5וַיָּ֧שֶׂם · put
    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
  23. Numbers 23:12יָשִׂ֤ים · puts
    But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
  24. Numbers 23:16וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · and put
    And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
  25. Numbers 24:21וְשִׂ֥ים · is set
    Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
  26. Numbers 24:23מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ · has ordained it
    Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
  27. Deuteronomy 1:13וַאֲשִׂימֵ֖ם · and I will appoint them
    Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
  28. Deuteronomy 4:44שָׂ֣ם · set
    This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
  29. Deuteronomy 7:15יְשִׂימָם֙ · lay
    And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
  30. Deuteronomy 10:2וְשַׂמְתָּ֖ם · and you are to place them
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
  31. Deuteronomy 10:5וָֽאָשִׂם֙ · and placed
    …and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
  32. Deuteronomy 10:22שָֽׂמְךָ֙ · has made
    Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  33. Deuteronomy 11:18וְשַׂמְתֶּם֙ · Fix
    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  34. Deuteronomy 12:5לָשׂ֥וּם · to establish
    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
  35. Deuteronomy 12:21לָשׂ֣וּם · to put
    If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
  36. Deuteronomy 14:1תָשִׂ֧ימוּ · or shave
    You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
  37. Deuteronomy 14:24לָשׂ֥וּם · to put
    But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
  38. Deuteronomy 17:14אָשִׂ֤ימָה · Let us set
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
  39. Deuteronomy 17:15שׂ֣וֹם · you are to appoint; תָּשִׂ֤ים · Appoint; תָּשִׂ֤ים
    …you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
  40. Deuteronomy 22:8תָשִׂ֤ים · bring
    If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
  41. Deuteronomy 22:14וְשָׂ֥ם · and he then accuses
    …and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
  42. Deuteronomy 22:17שָׂם֩ · has accused her
    And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
  43. Deuteronomy 26:2וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ · and put [them]
    …you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
  44. Deuteronomy 27:15וְשָׂ֣ם · and sets it up
    ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  45. Deuteronomy 31:19שִׂימָ֣הּ · have them recite
    Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
  46. Deuteronomy 31:26וְשַׂמְתֶּ֣ם · and place
    “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
  47. Deuteronomy 32:46שִׂ֣ימוּ · Take
    …he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.