שָׁמַט (šāmaṭ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning let drop. It appears
10 times
in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8058).
Also rendered
to release
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2408)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2408)let drop; fall; fling down, jostle, let alone, desist, remit; discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁמַטverb: let drop
Qallet drop, fall
Strong's H8058שָׁמַט: to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit KJV:discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.