Hebrew · H7760

שׂוּם

To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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שׂוּם H7760
Pronunciation śûm

What does שׂוּם (śûm) mean in the Bible?

שׂוּם (śûm): Fundamental verb of causation and positioning: to place, assign, or establish something in a particular state or role.

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Questions this entry answers

What does שׂוּם (śûm) mean in the Bible?

שׂוּם (śûm): Fundamental verb of causation and positioning: to place, assign, or establish something in a particular state or role.

How does the BSB render H7760?

The BSB source-word alignment has 583 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Put (22), set (15), . . . (14), and put (13), I will make (11).

Where does שׂוּם (śûm) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (54), Exodus (50), Genesis (46), Ezekiel (41).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
Put 22× Genesis 31:37, Genesis 37:34, Genesis 43:22, Genesis 44:2
set 15× Exodus 9:5, Deuteronomy 4:44, Judges 7:22, 1 Samuel 10:19
. . . 14× Leviticus 2:15, Numbers 16:46, Deuteronomy 17:15, Judges 6:19
and put 13× Genesis 44:1, Exodus 4:15, Exodus 17:12, Exodus 40:19
I will make 11× Genesis 13:16, Genesis 46:3, Exodus 8:23, Isaiah 28:17
and placed Genesis 9:23, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9, Genesis 41:42
He placed Genesis 2:8, Exodus 40:29, Exodus 40:30, Judges 6:19
And place Exodus 26:35, Deuteronomy 31:26, 1 Kings 18:23, Ezekiel 4:2
and set Exodus 2:3, Exodus 19:7, Leviticus 8:9, Leviticus 24:6
make Genesis 21:13, Genesis 48:20, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 66:2
placed Genesis 4:15, Genesis 24:9, 1 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 8:6
and insert Numbers 4:6, Numbers 4:8, Numbers 4:11, Numbers 4:14
Consider carefully Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Haggai 2:18
I have put Exodus 4:21, Job 31:24, Isaiah 51:16, Isaiah 59:21
I will establish 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Chronicles 33:7, Psalms 89:29, Isaiah 66:19
I will make you 1 Samuel 28:2, Isaiah 41:15, Isaiah 60:15, Zechariah 9:13
I will set Psalms 89:25, Isaiah 41:19, Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 49:38
I will turn Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 42:15, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 49:11
Set up Exodus 40:8, Joshua 8:2, Judges 9:25, Judges 20:29
Take Deuteronomy 32:46, 2 Samuel 13:33, Isaiah 42:25, Isaiah 47:7
to put Deuteronomy 12:21, Deuteronomy 14:24, 1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 14:21
- Numbers 16:7, Numbers 16:18, 2 Kings 4:34
and I will make Genesis 32:12, Jeremiah 25:12, Micah 4:7
he makes Job 41:31, Psalms 147:14, Habakkuk 3:19
he put Genesis 28:11, Genesis 33:2, 1 Samuel 17:54
He will make Isaiah 51:3, Zephaniah 2:13, Zechariah 10:3
I will put 2 Kings 19:28, 2 Kings 21:4, Isaiah 37:29
light 1 Kings 18:23, 1 Kings 18:25
put them Genesis 21:14, Genesis 31:34, Genesis 47:6
They put 1 Samuel 31:10, 2 Kings 10:7, 1 Chronicles 10:10
was placed Job 20:4, Haggai 2:15, Zechariah 3:5
You have made us Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:14, Lamentations 3:45
and appointed 2 Samuel 18:1, Psalms 78:5
And I will provide 2 Samuel 7:10, 1 Chronicles 17:9
and made 2 Kings 10:27, Jeremiah 2:7
and make Isaiah 50:3, Obadiah 1:4
and put [it] Exodus 24:6, 2 Kings 9:13
and puts Ezekiel 14:4, Ezekiel 14:7
and reduce Job 24:25, Isaiah 41:15
and set it up 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Chronicles 33:7
Appoint Deuteronomy 17:15, 1 Samuel 8:5
appointed him 2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:25
bring Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 22:8
established Genesis 47:26, Jeremiah 33:25
Fasten Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:37
give Joshua 7:19, 1 Samuel 2:20
has made Deuteronomy 10:22, Psalms 40:4
Have you considered Job 1:8, Job 2:3
He has established 2 Samuel 23:5, Isaiah 42:4
He sets Job 5:11, Jeremiah 9:8
He turns Psalms 107:33, Psalms 107:35
I have set Isaiah 50:7, Jeremiah 21:10
I will make her Isaiah 14:23, Hosea 2:3
into Isaiah 50:2, Ezekiel 35:4
made Exodus 2:14, Daniel 1:8
make me Psalms 39:8, Isaiah 3:7
mark out Ezekiel 21:19, Ezekiel 21:20
place Genesis 6:16, Genesis 24:2
put up Exodus 40:21, Jeremiah 31:21
puts Numbers 22:38, Numbers 23:12
regard Psalms 54:3, Psalms 86:14
set him 1 Samuel 18:5, 2 Kings 10:3
So they seized 2 Kings 11:16, 2 Chronicles 23:15
takes Isaiah 57:1, Jeremiah 12:11
Then he put Genesis 30:36, Leviticus 8:8
They have made Jeremiah 12:11, Jeremiah 18:16
to make Isaiah 13:9, Jeremiah 51:29
vvv Ezekiel 30:21, Haggai 2:15
will set Leviticus 20:5, Obadiah 1:7
You have made Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 57:7
you have set up Isaiah 57:8, Jeremiah 11:13
[and] making 1 Samuel 22:7
[and] reduced Psalms 79:1
[and] set it out Ezekiel 17:5
[did] 1 Kings 20:34
[It] was set apart 1 Samuel 9:24
[Man] puts Job 28:3
[Moses] also put Leviticus 8:9
[the LORD] made Exodus 15:25
[with] 1 Kings 20:31
accuse 1 Samuel 22:15
and added Leviticus 10:1
and applied 2 Kings 20:7
and appoint [them] 1 Samuel 8:11
and assign Numbers 4:19
and attach Exodus 28:26
and attached them Exodus 39:19
and bring 1 Samuel 11:2
and covered Job 29:9
and fastened Judges 15:4
and gave 1 Samuel 18:13
and gave him Nehemiah 9:7
and give Numbers 6:26
and giving Nehemiah 8:8
and hang Exodus 40:5
and He charges Job 4:18
and he named Judges 8:31
and he placed them Leviticus 8:26
and He put Joshua 24:7
and he set it up Genesis 28:18
and he then accuses Deuteronomy 22:14
and headed for Genesis 31:21
and I have made Malachi 1:3
and I put Jeremiah 13:2
and I will appoint Zephaniah 3:19
and I will appoint them Deuteronomy 1:13
and I will destroy Micah 1:7
and I will make you Haggai 2:23
and I will set Jeremiah 43:10
and I will take care of Jeremiah 40:4
and increases Psalms 107:41
and keep Genesis 32:16
and laid 2 Kings 4:31
and laid [it] 1 Samuel 19:13
and lay Job 5:8
and lay up Job 22:22
and let me set 1 Samuel 28:22
and made him Ezekiel 19:5
and made it Joshua 8:28
and made them 2 Kings 13:7
and make him Ezekiel 14:8
and make them Jeremiah 25:9
and makes her Isaiah 62:7
and mount Numbers 21:8
and mounted Numbers 21:9
and pay attention Ezekiel 40:4
and place them Leviticus 6:10
and planted Ezekiel 17:4
and put [them to work] 2 Samuel 12:31
and put [them] Deuteronomy 26:2
And putting 2 Samuel 13:19
and recite Exodus 17:14
and replace them 1 Kings 20:24
and replaced with 1 Samuel 21:6
and set [it] 1 Samuel 9:24
and set [it] up 1 Samuel 7:12
and set in place Job 38:10
and set up Joshua 8:12
and sets it up Deuteronomy 27:15
and strap Ezekiel 24:17
and take Job 13:14
And there I have placed 2 Chronicles 6:11
And there I have provided 1 Kings 8:21
and they placed them 1 Samuel 6:15
and they set up Judges 8:33
and they will appoint Hosea 1:11
and throw Ezekiel 26:12
and to him who rightly orders Psalms 50:23
and to make 2 Samuel 7:23
and to trample them down Isaiah 10:6
and wear Ruth 3:3
And when I set Ezekiel 15:7
and you are to place them Deuteronomy 10:2
and you will put them Exodus 3:22
Appoint them Exodus 18:21
appointed Esther 8:2
appointed [Him] Job 34:13
are determined Jeremiah 42:15
attaching Exodus 40:20
attention 1 Samuel 25:25
be avenged Judges 9:24
brings Psalms 46:8
brought 1 Kings 2:19
but have appointed Ezekiel 44:8
but He turns it Jeremiah 13:16
But require Exodus 5:8
by putting 1 Kings 9:3
Can you put Job 41:2
Can you set Job 38:33
care 2 Samuel 18:3
charges Job 24:12
David established this 1 Samuel 30:25
decided 2 Kings 12:17
dispatches Job 37:15
disregarded Exodus 9:21
exacted 2 Kings 18:14
examine Job 34:23
Fix Deuteronomy 11:18
fixed Job 38:5
formed Job 1:17
gave Exodus 4:11
gave them Daniel 1:7
Give [me] Job 17:3
grabbed Judges 4:21
had Ezra 10:44
had appointed 2 Samuel 17:25
had appointed him 1 Chronicles 26:10
had set Exodus 5:14
had set me Song Of Solomon 6:12
had stationed 2 Kings 10:24
harbor Job 36:13
has accused her Deuteronomy 22:17
has made me Genesis 45:9
has ordained it Numbers 24:23
has planned this 2 Samuel 13:32
has turned Isaiah 21:4
have made Psalms 91:9
have resolved Jeremiah 44:12
have them recite Deuteronomy 31:19
have You made me Job 7:20
He also placed Exodus 40:24
He also stationed 2 Chronicles 33:14
he appointed 1 Samuel 8:1
he established Joshua 24:25
he gave Daniel 1:7
He had brought Exodus 8:12
he had placed Genesis 28:18
He has made you 1 Kings 10:9
He has pitched Psalms 19:4
He left me Lamentations 3:11
He made Isaiah 49:2
He made him Psalms 105:21
He made Me Isaiah 49:2
He ordained it Psalms 81:5
He performed Psalms 78:43
He plants Isaiah 28:25
He preserves Psalms 66:9
He puts Job 33:11
he set up 1 Kings 12:29
He took 1 Samuel 19:5
He were to set Job 34:14
He will appoint 1 Samuel 8:12
He will resolve Daniel 11:17
he will set Deuteronomy 33:10
here and put Joshua 10:24
How could I treat Hosea 11:8
I am setting Amos 7:8
I bestowed Ezekiel 16:14
I have made Genesis 27:37
I have not made 1 Kings 19:2
I have set up Genesis 28:22
I inflicted Exodus 15:26
I lay Ezekiel 39:21
I made Job 39:6
I place Job 40:4
I risked Judges 12:3
I took 1 Samuel 28:21
I will appoint Isaiah 60:17
I will bring them Micah 2:12
I will fix Amos 9:4
I will give you Micah 4:13
I will keep Jeremiah 24:6
I will make him Genesis 21:18
I will make it Ezekiel 21:27
I will make it like Amos 8:10
I will place it Isaiah 51:23
I will prepare Nahum 1:14
I will put you Exodus 33:22
If you lay Job 41:8
imposed Esther 10:1
in which to put 2 Chronicles 12:13
is laid Micah 5:1
is made Isaiah 53:10
is set Numbers 24:21
is the One who set Isaiah 63:11
is to fasten Exodus 32:27
It has laid Joel 1:7
It will make Jeremiah 10:22
lay Deuteronomy 7:15
Let them give Isaiah 42:12
Let them put Zechariah 3:5
Let us set Deuteronomy 17:14
made him Judges 11:11
makes Exodus 4:11
making Psalms 104:3
may consider Isaiah 41:20
Moses placed Exodus 40:26
not take 2 Samuel 19:19
or shave Deuteronomy 14:1
organized 1 Samuel 11:11
pay attention Ezekiel 44:5
Pile 2 Kings 10:8
place them Jeremiah 40:10
placed [garrisons] 1 Chronicles 18:6
positioned Exodus 40:18
posted 2 Kings 11:18
preserving 2 Samuel 14:7
Putting Judges 18:21
resolve Jeremiah 42:17
sent up Ezekiel 20:28
Serve Genesis 43:31
Set me Song Of Solomon 8:6
set out the branches Genesis 30:42
set your blade Ezekiel 21:16
She loaded them 1 Samuel 25:18
she poured it out Ezekiel 24:7
since I established Isaiah 44:7
So [the Egyptians] appointed Exodus 1:11
So he placed Esther 2:17
So he put Genesis 48:20
So I put Genesis 24:47
So I will make them Hosea 2:12
So she painted 2 Kings 9:30
so that I can see Genesis 44:21
so that we may reflect on Isaiah 41:22
so that you made Isaiah 51:23
So they set up Judges 18:31
So they shall put Numbers 6:27
So they stationed themselves 1 Kings 20:12
someone would appoint me 2 Samuel 15:4
steadily 2 Kings 8:11
take [it] Malachi 2:2
take [note] Job 23:6
Take careful note Ezekiel 44:5
take this Isaiah 57:11
Take your positions 1 Kings 20:12
taking Malachi 2:2
that they should put Psalms 78:7
that turned Exodus 14:21
that You have laid Numbers 11:11
Then he put [them] Judges 16:3
Then he put up Exodus 40:28
then I will appoint Exodus 21:13
Then lay 2 Kings 4:29
Then she placed Exodus 2:3
Then they fastened Exodus 39:7
Then they piled [the branches] Judges 9:49
Then they put 1 Samuel 6:11
Therefore I will make Micah 1:6
They brought it Isaiah 23:13
they had set Judges 20:36
They have placed Jeremiah 32:34
they have put [these things] Joshua 7:11
They have set up Jeremiah 7:30
They have turned Job 17:12
they have unfurled Psalms 74:4
They made Zechariah 7:12
they made me Song Of Solomon 1:6
they opposed 1 Samuel 15:2
They performed Psalms 105:27
they pressed Judges 1:28
They repay me Psalms 109:5
They separately served Genesis 43:32
they set 2 Samuel 12:20
they should have put Genesis 40:15
they transformed Ezekiel 7:20
They will array themselves Ezekiel 23:24
they will not care 2 Samuel 18:3
They will put Micah 7:16
They will seize 1 Kings 20:6
Think it over Judges 19:30
Thus they turned Zechariah 7:14
to avenge 1 Kings 2:5
to console Isaiah 61:3
to direct Ezekiel 21:22
to establish Deuteronomy 12:5
to lay Jeremiah 4:7
to place Habakkuk 2:9
to prepare Psalms 85:13
to preserve Genesis 45:7
told 2 Samuel 14:19
took 1 Samuel 21:12
was [in Gibeon] 2 Chronicles 1:5
we have made Isaiah 28:15
were placed Joshua 10:27
were stationed Joshua 8:13
When he makes Isaiah 27:9
when He set Proverbs 8:29
when I made Job 38:9
when I performed Exodus 10:2
where he is to set up Ezekiel 21:22
which I have set Ezekiel 5:5
which you had set Ezekiel 23:41
who has made me Genesis 45:8
who made Isaiah 51:10
who makes Jeremiah 17:5
who replace Isaiah 5:20
who turn Isaiah 5:20
who turned Isaiah 14:17
whom He named 2 Kings 17:34
will float them 1 Kings 5:9
will make Zechariah 12:2
worry 1 Samuel 9:20
would place Genesis 30:41
yet they make Proverbs 30:26
you are not to charge Exodus 22:25
you are to appoint Deuteronomy 17:15
you are to set Exodus 21:1
you end Job 18:2
You have appointed them Habakkuk 1:12
you have laid Ezekiel 11:7
You have made me Psalms 18:43
You have reduced Psalms 89:40
You laid Psalms 66:11
You made 1 Chronicles 17:21
You make us Psalms 80:6
you may set up 1 Kings 20:34
You must keep me under Job 7:12
You performed Jeremiah 32:20
You put Job 13:27
You set Psalms 104:9
You showed them Isaiah 47:6
you to set 1 Samuel 9:23
you will set Joshua 6:18
You would put 2 Chronicles 6:20
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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 2:8
Aligned rows 583
Books represented 37
Genesis 46 Exodus 50 Leviticus 11 Numbers 20 Deuteronomy 24 Joshua 12 Judges 21 Ruth 1 1 Samuel 35 2 Samuel 21 1 Kings 26 2 Kings 26 1 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 10 Ezra 2 Nehemiah 2 Esther 4 Job 40 Psalms 36 Proverbs 3 Song Of Solomon 3 Isaiah 54 Jeremiah 37 Lamentations 2 Ezekiel 41 Daniel 4 Hosea 4 Joel 1 Amos 3 Obadiah 2 Micah 8 Nahum 2 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 2 Haggai 7 Zechariah 10 Malachi 3
Source forms
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם 17x way·yā·śem Genesis 28:18, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 37:34, Genesis 48:20
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם 15x way·yā·śem Genesis 22:9, Genesis 24:9, Exodus 40:24, Judges 20:29
שָׂ֣ם 13x śām Genesis 28:18, Exodus 4:11, Deuteronomy 4:44, Judges 6:19
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ 10x way·yā·śî·mū Genesis 43:32, Exodus 17:12, Leviticus 9:20, Leviticus 10:1
וַיָּ֨שֶׂם 10x way·yā·śem Genesis 4:15, Leviticus 8:9, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 24:7
שָׂ֥ם 10x śām Genesis 43:22, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 15:25, 1 Samuel 15:2
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם 9x way·yā·śem Genesis 2:8, Genesis 47:26, Exodus 19:7, Exodus 39:7
וַיָּ֧שֶׂם 9x way·yā·śem Genesis 33:2, Numbers 23:5, 1 Samuel 8:1, 1 Samuel 21:12
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 84x Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 35x Genesis 9:23, Genesis 43:32, Exodus 1:11, Exodus 17:12
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 32x Genesis 28:18, Genesis 43:22, Exodus 4:11, Exodus 8:12
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 26x Genesis 13:16, Genesis 32:12, Exodus 8:23, Exodus 21:13
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 25x Genesis 45:7, Numbers 11:11, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:21
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular 24x Genesis 24:2, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 47:29, Genesis 48:18
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 22x Genesis 30:42, Exodus 4:11, Leviticus 5:11, Numbers 22:38
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular 21x Exodus 15:26, 1 Kings 18:23, 1 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 21:4
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