# H5564 סָמַךְ

סָמַךְ (çâmak), Strong’s H5564: to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) KJV: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean…

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

KJV: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand…

Occurs 48 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סָמַךְ 48 vb. lean, lay, rest, support
- Qal 41
- a lean or lay hand upon
- b intrans. thy wrath hath rested upon me
- 2 support, uphold, sustain
- Niph. reflex. support, or brace oneself
- Pi. sustain (refresh, revive) me with raisin-cakes.

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 27:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=37) — Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have…
- [Exodus 29:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=10) — “You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the…
- [Exodus 29:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=15) — “You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
- [Exodus 29:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=19) — “You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
- [Leviticus 1:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/1?v=4) — He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- [Leviticus 3:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=2) — He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron’s sons, the…
- [Leviticus 3:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=8) — and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting. Aaron’s sons shall…
- [Leviticus 3:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=13) — He shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its…
- [Leviticus 4:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=4) — He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the LORD; and he shall lay his hand on the head of…
- [Leviticus 4:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=15) — The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD; and the bull shall be…