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title: שָׁמַט — let drop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁמַט (8058), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: let drop. BDB 1906: vb. let drop Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁמַט

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«שָׁמַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **let drop** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 8058 · **BDB:** שָׁמַט

### Glosses

they.had.stumbled (2); he.will.let.drop (1); let (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

let drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8058/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. let drop Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8058/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. let drop (NH id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph. slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַט loosen, pull away; ܫܡܰܛ draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic سَمَطَ is hang, suspend, ii. release debtor (Ḳam), سِمْطٌ string of pearls);— let drop, fall: Imv. mpl. sf. + Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittogr.) שִׁמְטוּהָו 2 K 9:33 he said, Let her fall, and they let her fall; then fig., of letting land rest in seventh year, 2 ms. sf.: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה Ex 23:11 (E); Pf. 2 ms. וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה Je 17:4 thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָֽדְךָ for וּבְךְ JDMich and mod.) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; Inf. abs. שָׁמוֹט Dt 15:2 let fall (a debt in seventh year; v. מַשֶּׁה p. 674b).—Pf. 3 pl. שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר 2 S 6:6 = 1 Ch 13:9 is dub., most naturally either they let the oxen fall (slip, stumble), or (as 𝔗) the oxen let it fall (reading שְׁמָטוֹ, sc. the ark); \> Thes the oxen ran away; 𝔖 slipped (the yoke)? v. further Dr. Pf. 3 pl. נִשְׁמְטוּ ψ 141:6 their judges have been thrown down. 2 ms. (?) juss. (?) תַּשְׁמֵט Dt 15:3 thou shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; BaNB 147 Qal; תִּשְׁמֹט (cf. Dr), יָדֶ֑ךָ subj.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁמַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8058/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 141:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.6/)

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נִשְׁמְט֣וּ בִֽידֵי־סֶ֭לַע שֹׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם וְשָׁמְע֥וּ אֲ֝מָרַ֗י כִּ֣י נָעֵֽמוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.been.thrown.down at the.hands of.a.rock judges their and they.will.hear words my (dm).that they.are.pleasant

*JPS 1917:* Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words, that they are sweet.

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[Deuteronomy 15:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.3/)

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אֶת־הַנָּכְרִ֖י תִּגֹּ֑שׂ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ אֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט יָדֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (et) the foreigner you.will.press and.\[that\] which it.will.belong to you with countryman your you.shall.let.release hand your

*JPS 1917:* Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it; but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

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