Hebrew verb · H8058
שָׁמַט
shamatshaw-mat'
to release
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâmaṭ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8058is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8058
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
The King James renders it: discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
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
shamat is rendered "to release". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 23:11but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
Exodus 23:11תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in seven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and they let fall her1
- and you will let fall1
- he will remit1
- let fall her1
- let it release1
- they had stumbled1
- they have been thrown down1
- they stumbled1
- you will let rest it1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַע | shama | to hear: hear | Uses1,159 |
| שָׁמַר | shamar | to keep: obey | Uses468 |
| שָׁמַיִם | shamayim | heaven | Uses421 |
| שָׁמַד | shamad | to destroy | Uses90 |
| שָׁמֵם | shamem | be desolate: destroyed | Uses86 |
| שָׁמַיִן | shamayin | heaven | Uses38 |
| שָׁמִיר | shamir | thorn | Uses11 |
| שָׁמֵן | shamen | rich | Uses10 |
| שָׁמֵם | shamem | devastated | Uses6 |
| שָׁמַן | shaman | to grow fat | Uses5 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָ1
- וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה1
- נִשְׁמְט֣וּ1
- שָׁמ֗וֹט1
- שָׁמְט֖וּ1
- שָֽׁמְט֖וּ1
- שִׁמְט֖וּהָ1
- תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט1
- תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs1Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVhj3fs
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVNp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqi2ms/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqv2mp/Sp3fs
Exodus
one use
but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
- תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּהtishmetenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you will let rest it
Deuteronomy
two uses
This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
- שָׁמ֗וֹטshamotverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: he will remit
You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
- תַּשְׁמֵ֥טtashmetverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it release
2 Samuel
one use
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- שָׁמְט֖וּshametuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had stumbled
2 Kings
two uses
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
- שִׁמְט֖וּהָshimtuhverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let fall her
- וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָvaiyishmetuhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they let fall her
1 Chronicles
one use
When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
- שָֽׁמְט֖וּshametuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they stumbled
Psalms
one use
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
- נִשְׁמְט֣וּnishmetuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been thrown down
Jeremiah
one use
And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
- וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗הveshamatahHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will let fall
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 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.