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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. 1 Samuel 11:11וַיָּ֨שֶׂם · organized
    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
  2. 1 Samuel 15:2שָׂ֥ם · they opposed
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
  3. 1 Samuel 17:40וַיָּ֣שֶׂם · and put
    And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
  4. 1 Samuel 17:54שָׂ֥ם · he put
    David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
  5. 1 Samuel 18:5וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ · set him
    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
  6. 1 Samuel 18:13וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ · and gave
    Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
  7. 1 Samuel 19:5וַיָּשֶׂם֩ · He took
    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  8. 1 Samuel 19:13וַתָּ֙שֶׂם֙ · and laid [it]; שָׂ֖מָה · placed
    Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
  9. 1 Samuel 21:6לָשׂוּם֙ · and replaced with
    So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
  10. 1 Samuel 21:12וַיָּ֧שֶׂם · took
    Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
  11. 1 Samuel 22:7יָשִׂ֔ים · [and] making
    Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
  12. 1 Samuel 22:15יָשֵׂם֩ · accuse
    Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
  13. 1 Samuel 25:18וַתָּ֖שֶׂם · She loaded them
    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
  14. 1 Samuel 25:25יָשִׂ֣ים · attention
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  15. 1 Samuel 28:2אֲשִֽׂימְךָ֖ · I will make you
    David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
  16. 1 Samuel 28:21וָאָשִׂ֤ים · I took
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  17. 1 Samuel 28:22וְאָשִׂ֧מָה · and let me set
    Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
  18. 1 Samuel 30:25וַיְשִׂמֶ֜הָ · David established this
    And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
  19. 1 Samuel 31:10וַיָּשִׂ֙מוּ֙ · They put
    They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
  20. 2 Samuel 7:10וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י · And I will provide
    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
  21. 2 Samuel 7:23וְלָשׂ֧וּם · and to make
    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  22. 2 Samuel 8:6וַיָּ֨שֶׂם · placed
    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  23. 2 Samuel 8:14וַיָּ֨שֶׂם · He placed; שָׂ֣ם
    He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  24. 2 Samuel 12:20וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ · they set
    Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
  25. 2 Samuel 12:31וַיָּ֣שֶׂם · and put [them to work]
    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
  26. 2 Samuel 13:19וַתָּ֤שֶׂם · And putting
    And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.
  27. 2 Samuel 13:32שׂוּמָ֔ה · has planned this
    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
  28. 2 Samuel 13:33יָשֵׂם֩ · take
    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
  29. 2 Samuel 14:3וַיָּ֧שֶׂם · put
    Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
  30. 2 Samuel 14:7שׂוּם · preserving
    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
  31. 2 Samuel 14:19שָׂ֚ם · told
    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
  32. 2 Samuel 15:4יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי · someone would appoint me
    And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
  33. 2 Samuel 17:25שָׂ֧ם · had appointed
    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
  34. 2 Samuel 18:1וַיָּ֣שֶׂם · and appointed
    Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
  35. 2 Samuel 18:3יָשִׂ֧ימוּ · they will not care; יָשִׂ֤ימוּ · care
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
  36. 2 Samuel 19:19לָשׂ֥וּם · not take
    …and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
  37. 2 Samuel 23:5שָׂ֣ם · He has established
    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
  38. 2 Samuel 23:23וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ · appointed him
    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
  39. 1 Kings 2:5וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · to avenge
    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
  40. 1 Kings 2:15שָׂ֧מוּ
    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
  41. 1 Kings 2:19וַיָּ֤שֶׂם · brought
    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
  42. 1 Kings 5:9אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם · will float them
    My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
  43. 1 Kings 8:21וָאָשִׂ֨ם · And there I have provided
    And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
  44. 1 Kings 9:3לָשֽׂוּם־ · by putting
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  45. 1 Kings 10:9וַיְשִֽׂימְךָ֣ · He has made you
    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
  46. 1 Kings 11:36לָשׂ֥וּם · to put
    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
  47. 1 Kings 12:29וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · he set up
    One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.