hebrew #8058 - שָׁמַט shamat (to let drop)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down A primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit -- discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down. Englishman's Concordance 1) to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall 1a) (Qal) to let drop or fall 1b) (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to let drop 1c2) to release, let drop Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2408 Brown-Driver-Briggs [שָׁמַט] verblet drop (Late Hebrew id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph`al slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַטּloosen, pull away;  draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic  ; is hang, suspend, II. release debtor (Kam),  string of pearls); — Qallet drop, fall: Imperative masculine plural suffix + Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittograph) שִׁמְטוּהָו2 Kings 9:33 he said, Let her fall, and they let her fall; then figurative, of letting land rest in seventh year:, 2 masculine singular suffix: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּהExodus 23:11 (E); Perfect2masculine singular וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה> Jeremiah 17:4thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָָֽרְךָ for וּבְךְ JDMich and modern) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; Infinitive abs. שָׁמוֺטDeuteronomy 15:2let fall (a debt in seventh year; see מַשֶּׁה b). — Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר2 Samuel 6:6=1 Chronicles 13:9 is dubious, most naturally either they let the oxen fall (slip, stumble), or (as Targan) the oxen let it fall (reading שְׁמָטוֺ, that is, the ark); > Thes the oxen ran away; ᵑ6slipped (the yoke)? see further Dr. Niph`alPerfect3plural נִשְׁמְטוּPsalm 141:6 their judges have been thrown down. Hiph`il2masculine singular (?) jussive (?) תַּשְׁמֵטDeuteronomy 15:3thou, shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; BaNB 147 Qal; < read תִּשְׁמֹט (compare Dr), יָרֶ֑ךָ: subject Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 8058. שָׁמַט (shamat) — 9 OccurrencesExodus 23:11 Deuteronomy 15:2 Deuteronomy 15:3 2 Samuel 6:6 2 Kings 9:33 2 Kings 9:33 1 Chronicles 13:9 Psalm 141:6 Jeremiah 17:4 |