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# שָׁמַט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8058

**let drop** — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they had stumbled (2); he will let drop (1); let (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8058.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8058/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).