שָׁמַט

vb. let drop (NH id., loosen, detach, draw away, Niph. slip off; Aramaic שְׁמַט loosen, pull away; ܫܡܰܛ draw sword, draw or pull away; Arabic سَمَطَ is hang, suspend, ii. release debtor (Ḳam), سِمْطٌ string of pearls);— let drop, fall: Imv. mpl. sf. + Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיִּשְׁמְטוּהָ (final ו dittogr.) שִׁמְטוּהָו 2 K 9:33 he said, Let her fall, and they let her fall; then fig., of letting land rest in seventh year, 2 ms. sf.: תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה Ex 23:11 (E); Pf. 2 ms. וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֫ה Je 17:4 thou shalt let drop thy hand (read יָֽדְךָ for וּבְךְ JDMich and mod.) from (מִן) thine inheritance, i.e. abandon it; Inf. abs. שָׁמוֹט Dt 15:2 let fall (a debt in seventh year; v. מַשֶּׁה p. 674b).—Pf. 3 pl. שָֽׁמְטוּ הַבָּקָר 2 S 6:6 = 1 Ch 13:9 is dub., most naturally either they let the oxen fall (slip, stumble), or (as 𝔗) the oxen let it fall (reading שְׁמָטוֹ, sc. the ark); > Thes the oxen ran away; 𝔖 slipped (the yoke)? v. further Dr. Pf. 3 pl. נִשְׁמְטוּ ψ 141:6 their judges have been thrown down. 2 ms. (?) juss. (?) תַּשְׁמֵט Dt 15:3 thou shalt cause thy hand to let drop, etc.; BaNB 147 Qal; תִּשְׁמֹט (cf. Dr), יָדֶ֑ךָ subj.