8058. shamat
Strong's Lexicon
shamat: To release, to let drop, to let go, to remit

Original Word: שָׁמַט
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shamat
Pronunciation: shah-MAHT
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-mat')
Definition: To release, to let drop, to let go, to remit
Meaning: to fling down, to jostle, to let alone, desist, remit

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to let drop
NASB Translation
let it rest (1), let go (1), release (2), threw her down (1), throw her down (1), thrown down (1), upset (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[שָׁמַט] verb let drop (Late Hebrew id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph`al slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַטּ loosen, pull away; draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic ; is hang, suspend, II. release debtor (Kam), string of pearls); —

Qal let drop, fall: Imperative masculine plural suffix + Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittograph) שִׁמְטוּהָו 2 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: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה Exodus 23:11 (E); Perfect2masculine singular וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה> Jeremiah 17:4 thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָָֽרְךָ for וּבְךְ JDMich and modern) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; Infinitive abs. שָׁמוֺט Deuteronomy 15:2 let fall (a debt in seventh year; see מַשֶּׁה b). — Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר 2 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; ᵑ6 slipped (the yoke)? see further Dr.

Niph`al Perfect3plural נִשְׁמְטוּ Psalm 141:6 their judges have been thrown down.

Hiph`il2masculine singular (?) jussive (?) תַּשְׁמֵט Deuteronomy 15:3 thou, shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; BaNB 147

Qal; < read תִּשְׁמֹט (compare Dr), יָרֶ֑ךָ: subject

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.

Forms and Transliterations
וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָ וישמטוה ושמטתה נִשְׁמְט֣וּ נשמטו שָֽׁמְט֖וּ שָׁמ֗וֹט שָׁמְט֖וּ שִׁמְט֖וּהָ שמוט שמטו שמטוה תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט תשמט תשמטנה niš·mə·ṭū nishmeTu nišməṭū šā·mə·ṭū šā·mō·wṭ šāməṭū šāmōwṭ shameTu shaMot shimTuha šim·ṭū·hā šimṭūhā taš·mêṭ tashMet tašmêṭ tiš·mə·ṭen·nāh tishmeTennah tišməṭennāh vaiyishmeTuha veshamatTah way·yiš·mə·ṭū·hā wayyišməṭūhā wə·šā·maṭ·tāh wəšāmaṭtāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Exodus 23:11
HEB: וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ וְאָֽכְלוּ֙
NAS: but [on] the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow,
KJV: But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie
INT: but the seventh shall let and lie may eat

Deuteronomy 15:2
HEB: דְּבַ֣ר הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ שָׁמ֗וֹט כָּל־ בַּ֙עַל֙
NAS: creditor shall release what
KJV: [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact
INT: is the manner of remission shall release every archer

Deuteronomy 15:3
HEB: אֶת־ אָחִ֖יךָ תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט יָדֶֽךָ׃
NAS: [it], but your hand shall release whatever
KJV: thine hand shall release;
INT: is with your brother shall release your hand

2 Samuel 6:6
HEB: בּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י שָׁמְט֖וּ הַבָּקָֽר׃
NAS: of it, for the oxen nearly upset [it].
KJV: of it; for the oxen shook [it].
INT: and took nearly upset the oxen

2 Kings 9:33
HEB: [שִׁמְטֻהוּ כ] (שִׁמְט֖וּהָ ק) וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָ
NAS: He said, Throw her down. So they threw her down,
KJV: Throw her down. So they threw her down: and [some] of her blood
INT: said Throw Throw was sprinkled

2 Kings 9:33
HEB: (שִׁמְט֖וּהָ ק) וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָ וַיִּ֨ז מִדָּמָ֧הּ
NAS: Throw her down. So they threw her down, and some
KJV: And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down:
INT: said Throw Throw was sprinkled of her blood

1 Chronicles 13:9
HEB: הָ֣אָר֔וֹן כִּ֥י שָֽׁמְט֖וּ הַבָּקָֽר׃
NAS: because the oxen nearly upset [it].
KJV: the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
INT: the ark because upset the oxen

Psalm 141:6
HEB: נִשְׁמְט֣וּ בִֽידֵי־ סֶ֭לַע
NAS: Their judges are thrown down by the sides
KJV: When their judges are overthrown in stony
INT: are thrown the sides of the rock

Jeremiah 17:4
HEB: וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וּבְךָ֙ מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙
NAS: And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance
KJV: And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage
INT: let of your inheritance which

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8058
9 Occurrences


niš·mə·ṭū — 1 Occ.
šā·mə·ṭū — 2 Occ.
šā·mō·wṭ — 1 Occ.
šim·ṭū·hā — 1 Occ.
taš·mêṭ — 1 Occ.
tiš·mə·ṭen·nāh — 1 Occ.
way·yiš·mə·ṭū·hā — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·maṭ·tāh — 1 Occ.

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