--- title: שׂים — set · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: שׂים (lemma:שׂים), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 26 times: set. BDB 1906: vb. set, make Peʿîl. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d9_5dd.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1513.md)‎ / שׂים‎ # שׂים «שׂים» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **set** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 26 times · **Key:** lemma:שׂים · **BDB:** שׂוּם ### Glosses it.is.made (6); he.made (4); it.was.made (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) set [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d9_5dd/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. set, make Peʿîl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d9_5dd/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. set, make (v. BH; for Pers. infl. on usage cf. Scheft65);— Pf. 3 ms. שָׂם Ezr 5:3 +, sf. שָׂמֵהּ 5:14; 2 ms. שַׂ֫מְתָּ Dn 3:10; 1 s. שָׂ֫מֶת טְעֵם Ezr 6:12; 3 mpl. שָׂמוּ Dn 3:12; Imv. mpl. שִׂ֫ימוּ Ezr 4:21;— make, acc. טְעֵם = make decree Dn 3:10; Ezr 6:1, 12, + vb. fin. v 3, + inf. 4:21; 5:13 and (c. ל pers.) v 3, 9. make, appoint, one’s name Dn 5:12 (2 acc.), one to office Ezr 5:14 (2 acc.). set, fix, acc. בָּל mind, Dn 6:15 (c. inf.); acc. טְעֵם 3:12; 6:14 pay due regard (טְעֵם) to (עַל pers.). Peʿîl. 3 ms. מִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם Ezr 4:19 from me a decree is made, so 5:17; 6:8, 11; 7:13, 21; Dn 3:29; 4:3; 6:27; lit. 3 fs. שֻׂמַת (read prob. שִׂימַת K§ 45, Beisp. 1. d)) 6:18 (of stone, עַל loc.). be made: Impf. 3 ms. יִתְּשָׂם Ezr 4:21 (of decree, טְעֵם c. מִן agent); 3 mpl. יִתְּשָׂמוּן Dn 2:5 subj. rei + n. pred. be made into; Pt. מִתְּשָׂם Ezr 5:8 lit. be set, laid, of wood, ב of wall. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שׂים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5c2_5d9_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.3/) וּמִנִּי֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְהַנְעָלָ֣ה קָֽדָמַ֔י לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י בָבֶ֑ל דִּֽי־פְשַׁ֥ר חֶלְמָ֖א יְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּֽנִי׃ *Word for word:* and from me it.was.made a.decree to bring.in before me (et) all the.wise.men of.Babylon that the.interpretation of the.dream they will.make.known.to.me *JPS 1917:* Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. [Ezra 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.21/) כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔םלְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃ *Word for word:* now make a.decree to make.to.cease the men these and the city this not it.will.be.built until from me the decree it.will.be.made *JPS 1917:* Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me. - ← previous: [שְׂטַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d8_5b7_5e8.md) - next →: [שְׁכַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5db_5b7_5d7.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1513.md)