H7760H–שׂוּם–sum

The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

יָשִׂ֥ימוּ ya.Si.mu “they put”

He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

יָשֵׂ֣ם ya.Sem “he puts”

Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

שָׂ֝֗ם Sam “did he put”

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

בְּשׂוּם־ (שׂוּם) sum- “appoints”

To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

שַׂ֣מְתִּי Sam.ti “I appointed”

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

שַׂ֣מְתִּי Sam.ti “I put”

Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

הֲתָשִׂ֣ים (תָשִׂ֣ים) ta.Sim “will you put”

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

שִׂים־ sim- “put”

Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

שָׂ֖ם sam “he has appointed”

You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

שִׂ֣ימָה (שִׂ֣ימָ) Si.ma “put”

Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

שִׂ֥ימוּ Si.mu “make”

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

הַשָּׂ֣ם (שָּׂ֣ם) Sam “[who] placed”

You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

שַׂ֖מְתָּ Sam.ta “you have put”

How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan;

שָׂ֣ם sam “he performed”

O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.

שָׂ֖מוּ Sa.mu “they have made”

All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

שַׂ֖מְתָּ Sam.ta “you have made”

He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.

שָֽׂמוּ־ sa.mu- “they performed”

He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

יָשֵׂ֣ם ya.Sem “he made”

They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ (יָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ) i.Ya.Si.mu “they have put”

And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ (שַׂמְתָּ֣) sam.Ta “you will put”

Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

שָׂמִ֨ים sa.Mim “[those who] make”שָׂמִ֥ים sa.Mim “[those who] make”

When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?

וְשָׂ֨ם (שָׂ֨ם) Sam “does he put?”

Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י (שַׂמְתִּ֨י) sam.Ti “I will put”

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.

יָשִׂ֥ימוּ ya.Si.mu “let them give”

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

שַׂ֥מְתְּ samt “you put”