שׂוּםsûwm
set, make
Pronunciation: soom · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7761
Meanings
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 26 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:19 I ordered a search of the records and have found that Jerusalem has indeed been a hotbed of insurrection against many kings. In fact, rebellion and revolt are normal there!
- Ezra 4:21 Therefore, issue orders to have these men stop their work. That city must not be rebuilt except at my express command.
- Ezra 5:3 But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
- Ezra 5:8 “The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.
- Ezra 5:9 “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’
- Ezra 5:13 However, King Cyrus of Babylon, during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).