שׁוּט shûwṭ — properly, to push forth

pronounced shoot · Strong's H7751 · 13 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Polel, Hitpolel

Translated in the KJV as go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.

a primitive root; properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel.

shûwṭ in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 7×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 2Participle (active) 2Perfect (qatal) 1Imperative 1Wayyiqtol 1

שָׁטוּ֩ Num 11:8 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. (KJV)

שֽׁוּט 2Sam 24:2 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. (KJV)

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ 2Sam 24:8 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. (KJV)

Polel 5×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Imperative 1

מְשֹׁטְט֤וֹת 2Chr 16:9 Participle (active), feminine plural

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. (KJV)

שׁוֹטְט֞וּ Jer 5:1 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. (KJV)

יְשֹׁטְט֥וּ Dan 12:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (KJV)

Hitpolel 1×

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

Imperative 1

וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה Jer 49:3 Imperative, 2nd person feminine plural

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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