Midvash

שׂוּםsûwm

שׂוּם: put, place, set

Pronunciation: soom · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7760

Meanings

Qal: put, set (Genesis 21:14; 2 Chronicles 1:5; Ezekiel 17:4)

1.

a. put, set, in a place (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 28:11; 2 Kings 10:8)

b. put something upon (Numbers 21:8; Numbers 21:9; Genesis 24:17)

c. put, lay, set (2 Kings 11:16; 2 Chronicles 23:15; Job 18:2)

d. put (Joshua 24:7; Exodus 8:19; Genesis 30:36)

2. set, direct

a. extend (Judges 7:22; Isaiah 47:6)

b. direct לֵב (mind) toward, pay attention to, with ל (1 Samuel 9:20; Deuteronomy 32:46; Ezekiel 40:4)

c. set face (פָּנִים) toward (Genesis 31:21; Jeremiah 42:15; Jeremiah 42:17)

3.

a. set, ordain (Numbers 24:23)

b. set, establish, a law, statute (Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25; Proverbs 8:29)

c. set, found, a nation (Isaiah 44:7; Psalms 89:30)

d. set, appoint, (as ruler, official) (Exodus 1:11; Exodus 5:14; Exodus 18:21)

e. set, constitute, make (Genesis 13:16; Genesis 32:13; Genesis 48:20)

f. set, determine, fix (Jeremiah 5:22; Job 38:5; Job 38:33)

4.

a. set, station (Joshua 8:13; 2 Kings 10:24; Jeremiah 9:7)

b. put, in position (1 Samuel 21:7; Ezekiel 21:27; Numbers 4:6)

c. set up (1 Kings 2:19; Jeremiah 11:13; Genesis 18:18)

d. = plant (Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 41:19; Ezekiel 17:5)

e. set, fix, (countenance) (2 Kings 8:11; 1 Kings 9:8)

5.

a. make a thing, or person (accusative), for, transform into (ל) (Joshua 6:18; Micah 1:6; Genesis 21:13)

b. make, constitute (1 Samuel 8:1; 1 Samuel 18:13; 1 Samuel 22:7)

c. work, bring to pass (Exodus 10:2; Jeremiah 32:20; Isaiah 66:19)

d. appoint, give (Numbers 6:26; Isaiah 61:3; Job 17:3)

Hiph`il: I will make him for a sign (Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 21:21; Job 4:20)

Hoph`al: there was set before him, to eat (Genesis 24:33; Genesis 50:26)

שׂוּמָה: perhaps noun feminine token of unluckiness, scowl (2 Samuel 13:32)

: set, make

Pe`al

1. make (Daniel 3:10; Ezra 6:1; Ezra 6:12)

2. make, appoint (Daniel 5:12; Ezra 5:14)

3. set, fix (Daniel 6:15; Daniel 3:12; Daniel 6:14)

Pe`il: is made (Ezra 4:19; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:8)

Hithpe`el: be made (Ezra 4:24; Daniel 2:5; Ezra 5:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 585 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
  • Genesis 4:15 The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
  • Genesis 6:16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
  • Genesis 9:23 Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
  • Genesis 13:16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
  • Genesis 21:13 But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
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