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שׁוּט

𐤔𐤅𐤈

shûwṭ

H7751 verb

SILEX Entry

Root שוט to move about, march, traverse, roam

Definition

To go about, move back and forth, traverse, or wander, often with an intentional or purposeful sense. The primary lexical meaning is active movement through or across an area, usually in a thorough or repetitive manner. Used metaphorically at times to describe searching, surveying, or patrolling.

Semantic Range

to go about, wander, traverse a territory, patrol or survey, row (with oars), move to and fro, search diligently

Root / Etymology

שׁוּט is a verb formed from the root שׁוּט. The root meaning relates to moving forcefully or strenuously, perhaps originally 'to push out, thrust ahead,' and the derived sense is broadened to the idea of roaming or traversing. Most occurrences are in the qal stem, with the semantic development from physical motion (sometimes by rowing) to movement across geographic or conceptual space.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, שׁוּט often conveys the sense of moving purposefully across a space, as in the surveying or patrolling of the land (cf. Numbers 11:8, 2 Samuel 24:2). The word can describe both literal journeying and figurative searching, as when the eyes of YHWH are said to 'range throughout the earth' (2 Chronicles 16:9). It contrasts with other terms for wandering (such as נוד, which often implies aimless movement or exile). In the context of seafaring (e.g., Ezekiel 27:8,29), שׁוּט describes rowing, i.e., mariners propelling a vessel. The term appears less frequently in later Biblical Hebrew; its sense was later absorbed by other, more specialized verbs. English translations sometimes render the word narrowly (e.g., 'go to and fro'), potentially missing purposeful or investigative connotations present in the Hebrew.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive root; properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel; go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.

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Root Family

שוט (š-w-ṭ) — to move about, traverse, roam, patrol

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4880 מָשׁוֹט oar
H7750 שׂוּט rovers
H7752 שׁוֹט with the whips
H7846 שֵׂט turn-asiders
H7850 שֹׁטֵט and to a roaming-one

Word Forms

11 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H7751-11 יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּ yeshotetu HVoi3mp shall run to and fro they will roam back and forth 2
H7751-04 מִ/שּׁ֣וּט mishut HR/Vqc From going from roaming about 2
H7751-09 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖טוּ vayashutu HC/Vqw3mp and they went about and they roamed about 1
H7751-05 שָׁטִ֖ים shatim HVqrmpa rowers those who traverse 1
H7751-10 וְ/הִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה vehiteshotatenah HC/Vrv2fp and-run-to-and-fro and roam yourselves about 1
H7751-08 שֽׁוּט shut HVqv2ms go now Roam about! 1
H7751-01 הַ/שָּׁטִ֖ים hashatim HTd/Vqrmpa your rowers the roaming ones 1
H7751-03 מְשֹׁטְט֤וֹת meshotetot HVorfpa roam the ones roaming about 1
H7751-02 מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים meshotetim HVormpa ranging those roaming about 1
H7751-06 שָׁטוּ֩ shatu HVqp3cp went about they traversed 1

Occurrences in Scripture

13 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H7751-06 Numbers 11:8 שָׁטוּ֩ shatu HVqp3cp went about they traversed
H7751-08 2 Samuel 24:2 שֽׁוּט shut HVqv2ms go now Roam about!
H7751-09 2 Samuel 24:8 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖טוּ vayashutu HC/Vqw3mp and they went about and they roamed about
H7751-07 Jeremiah 5:1 שׁוֹטְט֞וּ shotetu HVov2mp Roam to and fro Roam back and forth!
H7751-10 Jeremiah 49:3 וְ/הִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה vehiteshotatenah HC/Vrv2fp and-run-to-and-fro and roam yourselves about
H7751-05 Ezekiel 27:8 שָׁטִ֖ים shatim HVqrmpa rowers those who traverse
H7751-01 Ezekiel 27:26 הַ/שָּׁטִ֖ים hashatim HTd/Vqrmpa your rowers the roaming ones
H7751-11 Amos 8:12 יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּ yeshotetu HVoi3mp they shall run to and fro they will roam back and forth
H7751-02 Zechariah 4:10 מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים meshotetim HVormpa ranging those roaming about
H7751-04 Job 1:7 מִ/שּׁ֣וּט mishut HR/Vqc From going from roaming about
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