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שׂוּם

sumto set: makeHow to read Hebrew
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. Job 38:9בְּשׂוּמִ֣י · when I made
    …when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
  2. Job 38:10וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים · and set in place
    …when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
  3. Job 38:33תָּשִׂ֖ים · Can you set
    Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
  4. Job 39:6שַׂ֣מְתִּי · I made
    I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
  5. Job 40:4שַׂ֣מְתִּי · I place
    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  6. Job 41:2הֲתָשִׂ֣ים · Can you put
    Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
  7. Job 41:8שִׂים־ · If you lay
    If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
  8. Job 41:31יָשִׂ֥ים · he makes
    He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
  9. Psalm 18:43תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי · You have made me
    You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  10. Psalm 19:4שָֽׂם־ · He has pitched
    …their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
  11. Psalm 39:8תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃ · make me
    Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
  12. Psalm 40:4שָׂ֣ם · has made
    Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
  13. Psalm 44:13תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ · You have made us
    You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
  14. Psalm 44:14תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ · You have made us
    You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
  15. Psalm 46:8שָׂ֖ם · brings
    Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
  16. Psalm 50:23וְשָׂ֥ם · and to him who rightly orders
    He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
  17. Psalm 52:7יָשִׂ֥ים · make
    “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
  18. Psalm 54:3שָׂ֨מוּ · regard
    For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
  19. Psalm 56:8שִׂ֣ימָה · Put
    You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
  20. Psalm 66:2שִׂ֥ימוּ · make
    Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
  21. Psalm 66:9הַשָּׂ֣ם · He preserves
    He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
  22. Psalm 66:11שַׂ֖מְתָּ · You laid
    You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
  23. Psalm 74:4שָׂ֖מוּ · they have unfurled
    Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
  24. Psalm 78:5שָׂ֤ם · and appointed
    For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
  25. Psalm 78:7וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ · that they should put
    …that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
  26. Psalm 78:43שָׂ֣ם · He performed
    …when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
  27. Psalm 79:1שָׂ֖מוּ · [and] reduced
    A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
  28. Psalm 80:6תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ · You make us
    You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
  29. Psalm 81:5שָׂמ֗וֹ · He ordained it
    He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
  30. Psalm 85:13וְיָשֵׂ֖ם · to prepare
    Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
  31. Psalm 86:14שָׂמ֣וּךָ · regard
    The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.
  32. Psalm 89:25וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י · I will set
    I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
  33. Psalm 89:29וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י · I will establish
    I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  34. Psalm 89:40שַׂ֖מְתָּ · You have reduced
    You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
  35. Psalm 91:9שַׂ֣מְתָּ · have made
    Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
  36. Psalm 104:3הַשָּׂם־ · making
    …laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
  37. Psalm 104:9שַׂ֭מְתָּ · You set
    You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
  38. Psalm 105:21שָׂמ֣וֹ · He made him
    He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
  39. Psalm 105:27שָֽׂמוּ־ · They performed
    They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
  40. Psalm 107:33יָשֵׂ֣ם · He turns
    He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
  41. Psalm 107:35יָשֵׂ֣ם · He turns
    He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
  42. Psalm 107:41וַיָּ֥שֶׂם · and increases
    But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
  43. Psalm 109:5וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ · They repay me
    They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
  44. Psalm 147:14הַשָּׂם־ · He makes
    He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
  45. Proverbs 8:29בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ · when He set
    …when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
  46. Proverbs 23:2וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ · and put
    …and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
  47. Proverbs 30:26וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ · yet they make
    …the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
  48. Song of Solomon 1:6שָׂמֻ֙נִי֙ · they made me
    Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
  49. Song of Solomon 6:12שָׂמַ֔תְנִי · had set me
    Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
  50. Song of Solomon 8:6שִׂימֵ֨נִי · Set me
    Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.