וְ/לָ/שׂ֣וּם
𐤅/𐤋/𐤔𐤅𐤌
velasum
and to appoint
or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
1 Samuel 8:12 · Word #1
Lexicon H7760
| Lemma | שׂוּם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤔𐤅𐤌 |
| Transliteration | sûwm |
| Strong's | H7760 |
| In-context | and to appoint |
Morphology HC/R/Vqc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
SIBI-P1 H7760-78
and to set/place
| Morphological Notes | Conjunction וְ + preposition לְ + Qal infinitive construct of שׂום; no gender, number, or person marked; expresses purpose or result. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root שׂום conveys the basic action of putting or setting something in place. The form is a Qal infinitive construct with prefixed conjunction וְ and preposition לְ, meaning "and to set/place," preserving the simple active sense of the Qal stem and the infinitival force. |
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Words from Root שׂום (placing, setting, appointing, positioning, establishing)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H7760-01 |
asim | I will set |
H7760-02 |
asimah | let me set |
H7760-03 |
asimekha | I will set you |
Word Usage (586 occurrences of H7760)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:8 | וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם | vayasem | and placed |
| Genesis 4:15 | וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם | vayasem | and set |
| Genesis 6:16 | תָּשִׂ֑ים | tasim | you shall set |