Hebrew verb · H5564
סָמַךְ
samaksaw-mak'
to support
48 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâmak
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5564is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 37spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5564
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
The King James renders it: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
samak is rendered "to support". It stands 48 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:37But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-seven different ways.
The first use
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Genesis 27:37סְמַכְתִּ֑יו
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's forty-eight uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he will lean9
- and he will lay2
- and they leaned2
- and they will lay2
- and they will lean2
- he will support himself2
- sustain me2
- a sustainer1
- and he laid1
- and he leaned1
- and he leans1
- and he supported himself1
and 22 more, 48 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 48, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
37 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְסָמַ֤ךְ6
- וְסָמַ֨ךְ3
- וַֽיִּסְמְכ֞וּ2
- וְסָמַךְ֙2
- וְסָמְכ֧וּ2
- יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ2
- בְּֽסֹמְכֵ֥י1
- וַיִּסְמֹ֨ךְ1
- וַיִּסְמֹ֧ךְ1
- וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ1
- וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ1
- וַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּ1
and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq3ms12Hc/Vqq3ms
- Hc/Vqq3cp4Hc/Vqq3cp
- Hc/Vqw3mp3Hc/Vqw3mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular3HVqrmsa
- Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVNi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular2HVqsmsa
- Hc/VNw3mp1Hc/VNw3mp
- Hc/VNw3ms1Hc/VNw3ms
- Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
Genesis
one use
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
- סְמַכְתִּ֑יוsemakhtivverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I have sustained him
Exodus
three uses
You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
- וְסָמַ֨ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lay
Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
- וְסָ֨מְכ֜וּvesamekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will lay
Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
- וְסָמַ֨ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lay
Leviticus
fourteen uses
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- וְסָמַ֣ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.
- וְסָמַ֤ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
- וְסָמַ֤ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
- וְסָמַ֤ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
- וְסָמַ֤ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
- וְ֠סָמְכוּvesamekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will lean
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- וְסָמַ֤ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
- וְסָמַךְ֙vesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
- וְסָמַךְ֙vesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- וַיִּסְמֹ֨ךְvaiyismokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he leaned
Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- וַֽיִּסְמְכ֞וּvaiyismekhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they leaned
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- וַֽיִּסְמְכ֞וּvaiyismekhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they leaned
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
- וְסָמַ֨ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will lean
“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
- וְסָמְכ֧וּvesamekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will lean
Numbers
four uses
You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
- וְסָמְכ֧וּvesamekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will lay
And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
- יִסְמְכ֣וּyismekhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will lay
And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
- וְסָמַכְתָּ֥vesamakhtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will lay
and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
- וַיִּסְמֹ֧ךְvaiyismokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he laid
Deuteronomy
one use
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- סָמַ֥ךְsamakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had laid
Judges
one use
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
- וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְvaiyisamekhHc/VNw3mstagged: and he supported himself
2 Kings
one use
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- יִסָּמֵ֥ךְyisamekhverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will support himself
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
- וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּvaiyismekhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they laid
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- וַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּvaiyisamekhuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they supported themselves
Psalms
eleven uses
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- יִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃yismekheniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he sustains me
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- וְסוֹמֵ֖ךְvesomekhconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and sustaining
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- סוֹמֵ֥ךְsomekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: supporting
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃tismekheniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will sustain me
Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
- בְּֽסֹמְכֵ֥יbesomekheipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in sustain
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
- נִסְמַ֬כְתִּיnismakhtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have supported myself
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
- סָמְכָ֣הsamekhahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has lain
They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
- סְמוּכִ֣יםsemukhimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: sustained
His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
- סָמ֣וּךְsamukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: supported
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- סָמְכֵ֣נִיsamekheniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: sustain me
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- סוֹמֵ֣ךְsomekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sustaining
Song of Solomon
one use
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
- סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙samekhuniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: sustain me
Isaiah
six uses
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- סָמ֔וּךְsamukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: firm
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- יִסָּמֵ֥ךְyisamekhverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will support himself
who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- נִסְמָ֑כוּnismakhuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have supported themselves
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- סְמָכָֽתְהוּ׃semakhatehuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it sustained him
I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- סוֹמֵ֑ךְsomekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a sustainer
- סְמָכָֽתְנִי׃semakhateniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it sustained me
Ezekiel
two uses
“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
- סָמַ֤ךְsamakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has leaned
For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
- סֹמְכֵ֣יsomekheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: supporters of
Amos
one use
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
- וְסָמַ֤ךְvesamakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he leans
The letters
Gematria 120· 600 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
