שָׁמַט
shâmaṭ · shaw-mat'
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
- to fling down
- incipiently to jostle
- figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to surround and contain
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁמַט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall release2 · 22%
- year thou shalt let it rest1 · 11%
- shook1 · 11%
- throw her down1 · 11%
- so they threw her down1 · 11%
- stumbled1 · 11%
- are overthrown1 · 11%
- and thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.