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Jeremiah 17:4

“And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁמַטshâmaṭ · shaw-mat'
H8058 · Hebrew
Definition
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • שָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq2ms
Usage
Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 23:11Deuteronomy 15:2Deuteronomy 15:32 Samuel 6:62 Kings 9:33

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.