Hebrew · Strong's H8058
שָׁמַט
shamatshaw-mat'
to fling down
1890 spelling: shâmaṭ
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Rendered in the KJV as
discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָ1
- וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה1
- נִשְׁמְט֣וּ1
- שָׁמ֗וֹט1
- שָׁמְט֖וּ1
- שָֽׁמְט֖וּ1
- שִׁמְט֖וּהָ1
- תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט1
- תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה1
How it is rendered · 9
- 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 sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- Hc/Vqq2ms1
- Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs1
- verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3cp · 2
- Hc/Vqq2ms · 1
- Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs · 1
- HVhj3fs · 1
- HVNp3cp · 1
- HVqaa · 1
- HVqi2ms/Sp3fs · 1
- HVqv2mp/Sp3fs · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy2 of 9 · 22%
- 2 Kings2 of 9 · 22%
- Exodus1 of 9 · 11%
- 2 Samuel1 of 9 · 11%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 9 · 11%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 15:2שָׁמ֗וֹטshamotverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteThis 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.here: he will remit
- Deuteronomy 15:3תַּשְׁמֵ֥טtashmetverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singularYou may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.here: let it release
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:33שִׁמְט֖וּהָshimtuhverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular“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.here: let fall her
- 2 Kings 9:33וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָvaiyishmetuhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs“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.here: and they let fall her