סָמַךְ

Qal₄₁ Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ס 5 Mos 34,9; Ezk 24,2, וְסָמַךְ consecutive Amos 5,19 +; 3 feminine singular סָֽמְכָה Sl 88,8, suffix סְמָכָ֑תְהוֺ Es 59,16, סְמָכָ֑תְנִי Es 63,5, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּסְמֹךְ 3 Mos 8,14; 4 Mos 27,23, suffix יִסְמְכֵ֫נִי Sl 3,6, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix סָמְכֵנִי Sl 119,116 Participle active סוֺמֵךְ Es 63,5 + 3 t.; plural construct סֹמְכֵי Ezk 30,6; Sl 54,6 passive סָמוּךְ Es 26,3; Sl 112,8 plural סְמוּכִים Sl 111,8 —

1. a. lean or lay hand upon (עַלֿ): Amos 5,19 elsewhere in sacred rite: on head of sacrifice victim, as those who share in sacrifice, 2 Mos 29,10; 2 Mos 29,15; 2 Mos 29,19; 3 Mos 1,4 + 12 t. Leviticus; 4 Mos 8,12 (all P), 2 Kron 29,23 so of Levites, presented to ׳י 4 Mos 8,10 (P); on head of blasphemer 3 Mos 24,14 (P; as witnesses of his guilt); on head of Joshua in consecration (Moses subject) 4 Mos 27,18; 4 Mos 27,23; 5 Mos 34,9 (all P).
\ \ b. intransitive Sl 88,8 thy wrath hath rested upon me (עָלַי); also סָמַךְ מֶלֶךְבָּֿבֶל אֶלֿ Ezk 24,2 hath leaned against, rested his weight upon, Jerusalem, i.e. invested (Toy), begun the siege of it.

2. support, uphold, sustain, only figurative: with 2 accusative 1 Mos 27,37 (J) with corn and must have I sustained him, provided sustenance for him, compare (of ׳י) Sl 51,14 uphold Egypt Ezk 30,6 absolute Es 63,5 especially of ׳י upholding, sustaining Es 59,16; Es 63,5; Sl 3,6; Sl 37,17; Sl 37,24; Sl 54,6 (on בְּ essentiae see Ges^{«GKC:119i»§ 119i}, בְּ above 7 a), Sl 119,116; Sl 145,14 so passive participle Sl 111,8 they are sustained, i.e. maintained (׳י's commands), סָמוּךְ לִבּוֺ) Sl 112,8 his heart is sustained, firm, and so ׳יֵצֶר ס Es 26,3. Niph`al Perfect 1 singular נִסְמַ֫כְתִּי Sl 71,6 3 plural נִסְמָ֑כוּ Es 48,2 Imperfect יִסָּמֵךְ 2 Kong 18,21; Es 36,6, וַיִּסָּמֵךְ Dom 16,29 3 masculine plural וַיִּסָּֽמְכוּ 2 Kron 32,8 — reflexive support, or brace oneself, also with עַלֿ<sup>Dom 16,29</sup> and he braced himself against (upon) them (the pillars); 2 Kong 18,21 (if) a man support himself on it (Egypt as a cracked reed) = Es 36,6 on cheering words 2 Kron 32,8 on God Es 48,2; Sl 71,6. Pi`el Imperative masculine plural suffix + בְּ instr,: סַמְּכוּנִי Hoj 2,5 sustain (refresh, revive) me with raisin-cakes.