שָׁמַט

Qal let drop, fall: Imperative masculine plural suffix + Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittograph) שִׁמְטוּהָו 2 Kong 9,33 he said, Let her fall, and they let her fall; then figurative, of letting land rest in seventh year:, 2 masculine singular suffix: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה 2 Mos 23,11 (E); Perfect 2 masculine singular וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה> Jer 17,4 thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָָֽרְךָ for וּבְךְ JDMich and modern) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; Infinitive abs. שָׁמוֺט 5 Mos 15,2 let fall (a debt in seventh year; see מַשֶּׁה b). — Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר 2 Sam 6,6= 1 Kron 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; ᵑ6 slipped (the yoke)? see further Dr. Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נִשְׁמְטוּ Sl 141,6 their judges have been thrown down. Hiph`il 2 masculine singular (?) jussive (?) תַּשְׁמֵט 5 Mos 15,3 thou, shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; Ba^{NB 147} Qal; < read תִּשְׁמֹט (compare Dr), יָרֶ֑ךָ: subject