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H5564 · סָמַךְ

çâmak

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)

KJV gloss list in the source

bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.

Source pronunciation notation: saw-mak'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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