† [
שָׁמַט] 
verb let drop (Late Hebrew 
id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph. 
slip off; Aramaic 
שְׁמַטּ loosen, pull away; 
 draw
 draw sword, 
draw or 
pull away; Arabic 

; is 
hang, suspend, II. release debtor (Kam), 
 string
 string of pearls); — 
Qal let drop, fall: 
Imperative masculine plural suffix + 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix 
וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final 
ו dittograph) 
שִׁמְטוּהָו 2 Kings 9:33 he said, 
Let her fall, and they let her fall; then figurative, of letting land rest in seventh year:, 
2nd person masculine singular suffix: 
תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה Exodus 23:11 (E); 
Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה > 
Jeremiah 17:4 thou shalt let drop thy hand (read 
יָֽךְךָ for 
וּבְךְ JDMich and modern) from (
מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; 
Infinitive abs. 
שָׁמוֺט Deuteronomy 15:2 let fall (a debt in seventh year; see 
מַשֶּׁה b). — 
Perfect 3rd person plural שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר 2 Samuel 6:6= 
1 Chronicles 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; 
 slipped
 slipped (the yoke)? see further Dr. 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נִשְׁמְטוּ Psalm 141:6 their judges 
have been thrown down. 
Hiph. 2nd person masculine singular (?) jussive (?) 
תַּשְׁמֵט Deuteronomy 15:3 thou, shalt cause thy hand 
to let drop, etc.; Ba
NB 147 Qal; < read 
תִּשְׁמֹט (compare Dr), 
יָרֶ֑ךָ subject.
														
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