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שָׁמַט — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: שָׁמַט

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שָׁמַט

šāmaṭ

let drop

[שָׁמַט] vb. let drop

Qal let drop, fall

Niph. their judges have been thrown down

Hiph. thou shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.