shamat · let drop; release

What it means

shamat (שָׁמַט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “let drop; release”.

Let go, set free; of the land, leave it unplowed.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To let go of what was held, so that it falls or is freed.
2. To free, cancel debts, give the land a break.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• shall release ×2
• stumbled ×2
• They have been thrown down ×1
• Throw her down ×1
• they threw her down ×1
• you shall let it rest ×1
• you will let it drop ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Exodus 23:11

  but the seventh year you shall let it rest and leave it alone, so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave the animals of the field may eat. So you shall do with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

• Deuteronomy 15:2

  And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release the loan of his hand that he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not press his neighbor or his brother, because a release to YHWH has been proclaimed.

• Deuteronomy 15:3

  The foreigner you may press; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

• 2 Samuel 6:6

  When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of Elohim and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.

• 2 Kings 9:33

  He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her.

• 1 Chronicles 13:9

  They came to the threshing floor of Chidon, and Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

• Psalms 141:6

  They have been thrown down by the sides of the rock, their judges, and they will hear my sayings, for they are pleasant.

• Jeremiah 17:4

  And you will let it drop, even by yourself, your inheritance that I gave you; and I will make you serve your enemies in the land that you do not know; for a fire you have kindled in my anger; forever it will burn.

And 1 more times.