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שְׁמַם shᵉmam — (Aramaic) corresponding to H8074

pronounced shem-am' · Strong's H8075 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Ithpo'el

Translated in the KJV as be astonied.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8074.

shᵉmam in each stem

Ithpo'el

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Perfect (qatal) 1

אֶשְׁתּוֹמַם֙ Dan 4:16 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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