Exodus 9:5

Lexical meaning

Definition

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

Derivation

or שִׂים; a primitive root;

KJV renderings

[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.

Grammar

• וַ — conjunction
• יָּ֥שֶׂם — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular

Code HC/Vqw3ms

Usage

Occurs 586 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:8Genesis 4:15Genesis 6:16Genesis 9:23Genesis 13:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שׂוּם here.