What does שׂוּם · עַיִן mean in the Bible?
שׂוּם · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to set one's eye upon, watch attentively".
Hebrew · H7760, H5869
שׂוּם עֵינִי
To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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שׂוּם H7760 to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Pronunciation śûm
Fundamental verb of causation and positioning: to place, assign, or establish something in a particular state or role.
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
What does שׂוּם עֵינִי (sum eini) mean in the Bible?
שׂוּם · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to set one's eye upon, watch attentively".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7760, H5869?
H7760, H5869 is connected to 1,483 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to set one's eye upon, watch attentively
Source Gloss
to set one's eye upon, watch attentively
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 223
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 221×
Perfect 1Kgs 20:34 · 1Sam 15:2 · 1Sam 17:54 · 2Chr 1:5 · 2Kgs 10:24 · 2Kgs 17:34 · 2Sam 8:14 · 2Sam 14:19 · 2Sam 17:25 · 2Sam 23:5 · Deut 4:44 · Deut 22:17 · Exod 4:11 · Exod 8:8 · Exod 9:21 · Exod 15:25 77×
Imperfect 1Sam 22:7 · Exod 4:11 · Ezek 14:4 · Ezek 14:7 · Gen 30:42 · Isa 42:4 · Isa 42:25 · Isa 62:7 · Jer 9:7 · Job 4:18 · Job 19:8 · Job 23:6 · Job 24:12 · Job 24:15 · Job 34:14 · Job 34:23 77×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 9:23 · 1Sam 9:24 · 2Kgs 6:22 · Ezek 6:2 · Ezek 13:17 · Ezek 21:2 · Ezek 21:7 · Ezek 21:24 · Ezek 25:2 · Ezek 28:21 · Ezek 29:2 · Ezek 35:2 · Ezek 38:2 · Ezek 44:5 · Gen 24:2 · Gen 31:37 40×
Participle active Amos 7:8 · Gen 21:14 · Isa 5:20 · Isa 57:1 · Jer 12:11 · Jer 44:11 · Job 28:3 · Mal 2:2 · Zech 12:2 10×
Jussive 1Sam 2:20 · 1Sam 22:15 · 1Sam 25:25 · 2Sam 13:33 · Job 33:11 · 1Sam 9:20 · Zech 3:5 7×
Infinitive construct 2Sam 14:7 · Hag 2:15 · Job 20:4 4×
Participle passive 2Sam 13:32 · Obad 1:4 2×
Infinitive absolute Deut 17:15 · Jer 42:15 2×
Cohortative 1Kgs 20:31 · Deut 17:14 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 2×
Sequential imperfect Ezek 21:21 1×
Participle active Job 4:20 1×
Word Origins
שׂוּם עֵינִי is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain