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[שָׁמַט] verb let drop (Late Hebrew id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph`al slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַטּ loosen, pull away; [untranscribed source text 5605] draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5606]; is hang, suspend, II. release debtor ( Kam), [untranscribed source text 5607] string of pearls); —
Qal
let drop, fall: Imperative masculine plural suffix + Imperfect 3
masculine singular suffix וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittograph) שִׁמְטוּהָו
2Kgs 9:33 he
said, Let her fall, and they let her fall; then figurative, of letting land rest in seventh
year:, 2 masculine singular suffix: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה
Exod 23:11 (
E
); Perfect 2 masculine singular וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה> Jer 17:4
thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָָֽרְךָ for וּבְךְ
JDMich and modern) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e.
abandon it; Infinitive absolute. שָׁמוֺט
Deut 15:2
let fall (a debt in seventh year; see
מַשֶּׁה
b). — Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר
2Sam 6:6= 1Chr 13:9 is
dubious, most naturally either they let the oxen fall (slip, stumble), or (as Targan)
the oxen let it fall (reading שְׁמָטוֺ, that is, the ark); > Thes the oxen ran away;
ᵑ6
slipped (the yoke)? see further Dr.
Niph`al
Perfect 3 plural נִשְׁמְטוּ
Ps 141:6 their
judges have been thrown down.
Hiph`il 2 masculine singular (?) jussive (?) תַּשְׁמֵט
Deut 15:3
thou, shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; BaNB 147
Qal; < read תִּשְׁמֹט (compare Dr),
יָרֶ֑ךָ: subject