שׂוּם sûwm — (Aramaic) corresponding to H7760
Translated in the KJV as command, give, lay, make, name, regard, set.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H7760.
sûwm in each stem
Pe'al
Perfect (qatal) 13Imperative 1
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
Pe'il
Perfect (qatal) 9
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
Hithpe'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
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 ›