שָׁמַטshâmaṭ

Meanings

Same root

• שְׁמִטָּהshᵉmiṭṭâh · H8059remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 23:11 but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves.
• Deuteronomy 15:2 This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the Lord’s time of release has arrived.
• Deuteronomy 15:3 This release from debt, however, applies only to your fellow Israelites—not to the foreigners living among you.
• 2 Samuel 6:6 But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.
• 2 Kings 9:33 “Throw her down!” Jehu yelled. So they threw her out the window, and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses. And Jehu trampled her body under his horses’ hooves.
• 1 Chronicles 13:9 But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark.