H8058
שָׁמַט
to release
1) to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall 1a) (Qal) to let drop or fall 1b) (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to let drop 1c2) to release, let drop
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[שָׁמַט] verb let drop (Late Hebrew id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph`al slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַטּ loosen, pull away; draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic ; is hang, suspend, II. release debtor (Kam), 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 abs. 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
8 occurrences
Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (2), II Samuel (1), II Kings (1), I Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)