שָׁמַט shâmaṭ

Meaning

to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit

In the King James Version: discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Exodus 23:11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
• Deuteronomy 15:2 This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
• Deuteronomy 15:3 You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
• 2 Samuel 6:6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
• 2 Kings 9:33 “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
• 1 Chronicles 13:9 When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
• Psalms 141:6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
• Jeremiah 17:4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”