BDB8185 H7760 H5493 H7787
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I. שׂוּם, שִׂים :582 verb put, place, set (compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late Hebrew סוּס Pi`el designate, fix, שׂום Eccl 49:6 Phoenician שם, Assyrian šâmu. fix, determine; Sabean שׂים set, set up, SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 6 CISiv. 1; Arabic () is insert, sheathe, also compute; Ethiopic : put, place; ᵑ7 שׂוּם, Syriac Old Aramaic שים); — Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular
שָׂם Gen 21:14 + (
2Chr 1:5 read
שָׁם ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Gi Be Kau Benz), suffix
שָׂמוֺ Ezek 17:4 +,
שָׂמָ֫הוּ Ezek 7:20 3 feminine singular
שָׂ֫מָה 1Sam 19:13, suffix
שָׂמָ֫תְהוּ Ezek 19:5;
Ezek 24:7 2 masculine singular
שַׂמְתָּ Jer 32:20 +; 3 plural
שָׂמוּ Gen 40:15 +; 1 plural
שַׂמְנוּ Isa 28:15, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יָשׂוּם Exod 4:11,
יָשִׂים Gen 30:42 +,
יָשִׂם Job 23:6 jussive
יָשֵׂם 1Sam 22:15 +;
וַיָּשֶׂם Gen 2:8 +; suffix
יְשִׂמֵנִי 2Sam 15:4,
וַיְשִׂימְךָ 1Kgs 10:9 2 feminine singular
וַתָּשִׂימִי Isa 51:23 וָאָשִׂים 1Sam 28:21 +,
וָאָשִׂימָה Ezra 8:17;
Judg 12:3 Qr (
Kt ואישׂמה); 2 masculine plural
תָּשִׂימוּ Gen 32:17 +,
תְּשִׂימ֫וּן Exod 22:24 +, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
שִׂים Gen 24:2 +, etc.;
Infinitive absolute שׂוֺם Deut 17:15 +, construct
שׂוּם Deut 45:7 +,
שִׂים Job 20:4 +
2Sam 14:7 Qr (
Kt שׂום),
שׂימו Isa 10:6 Kt (
Qr שׂוּמוֺ), etc.;
Participle שָׂם Amos 7:8 +, feminine singular
הַשָּׂמָ֫ה Isa 51:10 (so read for
ᵑ0 הַשָּׂ֫מָה); plural
שָׂמִים Mal 2:2 +;
pass.
שִׂים Num 24:21 (compare
Di),
Obad 1:4 feminine according to most
שׂוּמָה 2Sam 13:22 (
van d. H. שׂימה Kt), but see below;
שִׂימָ֫ה Ps 56:9 Bae Buhl, but most Imperative masculine singular; —
put, set (often ||
נָתַן 2, q. v.), with accusative of person or of thing (expressed or implied):
1. a. put, set, in a place, +
שָׁם Gen 2:8 (
J), + accusative of location
Gen 28:11 (
E) + 5 t.+, with 2 accusative + location,
2Kgs 10:8 heads (in)
heaps at (accusative of location), compare
Lev 24:6 (
עַל); +
ב Lev 40:15 (
E), figurative of
׳י,
put his name,
׳בִּירוּשׁ 2Kgs 21:47 =
2Chr 33:7, compare with
שָׁם 1Kgs 9:3;
Deut 12:5 + 6 t.; especially
ב of receptacle
Gen 31:34 (
E),
Exod 2:3 (
E),
Judg 6:19 + often; sackcloth on (
ב) loins
Gen 37:34 (
J),
1Kgs 20:31, crown on head
Zech 6:11;
Esth 1:17, shoes on feet
Ezek 24:17 hook, etc., in nose
1Kgs 19:28 =
Isa 37:29;
Job 40:26, incense
בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ Deut 33:10, i.e. cause thee (
׳י) to smell it; feet in stocks (figurative)
Job 13:27;
Job 33:11 knife into throat
Prov 23:2 (figurative of self-restraint,
Fl in
De); words into mouth
Exod 4:15 (
J),
Num 22:38 (
E) + 8 t., +
Deut 31:19 teach to say or sing; into heart
Job 22:22, insert also
1Sam 29:10 ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; trust in God
Ps 78:7 (guilt of) blood into house
Deut 22:8, compare
Judg 9:24 (
עַל person; so, with
נָתַן Deut 21:8;
Jer 26:15;
Jonah 1:14); something into hand
Exod 4:21 (
E), of wonders, i.e. enable hand to do them; elsewhere = take, of hammer
Judg 4:21, booty
1Kgs 20:6, so (figurative)
take one's life (
נֶפֶשׁ)
into one's palm (i.e. risk it)
Judg 12:3;
1Sam 19:5;
1Sam 28:21;
Job 13:14 put eyes
בַּפּוּךְ 2Kgs 9:30 (see
פּוּךְ, compare
Isa 54:11);
נֶפֶשׁ ( =
person),
בַּחַיִּים Ps 66:9 (subject
׳י);
set men
at (the use of) implements
2Sam 12:31 (probably, compare
Dr HPS; > (
ם)
וַיָּשַׂ sawed them with, as ||
1Chr 20:3,
Th We);
1Kgs 2:5 (||
נתן) is dubious;
ᵐ5L Klo Kit read
וַיִּקֹּם;
charge something
against (
ב person; properly
put in, i.e. attribute, impute, to)
1Sam 22:15;
Job 4:18 so, with
ל person
Deut 22:14, compare (
ל omitted) v
Deut 22:17 put בְּקֶרֶב Amos 7:8;
Isa 63:11,
בְּתוֺךְ Ezek 26:12.
b. put something
upon (
עַל)
Num 21:8;
Num 21:9 (
E) + often; jewels, clothes, on person
Gen 24:17 (
J),
Gen 41:42 (
E),
Lev 8:8 (
P),
Ruth 3:3, turban
Zech 3:5 (twice in verse);
Exod 29:5 (
P),
Lev 8:9 (
P), compare (preposition omitted)
Job 24:15;
Job 36:13 (figurative), girdle
Jer 13:1;
Jer 13:2, sackcloth
1Kgs 21:27 אָדָם עַלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳שׂ Job 20:4 (of man's creation); of siege and siege engines,
עַל =
against,
Mic 4:14;
Ezek 23:24 put, lay, upon (
עַל),
2Kgs 4:29 +; hand
Gen 48:18 (
J) + 3 t., +
upon mouth, in silence
Judg 18:19;
Job 21:5, and awe
Mic 7:16, so with
ל Job 29:9,
לְמוֺ Job 40:4;
Job 40:40, upon (
עַל) head
2Sam 13:19 (in despair, compare
Jer 2:37); accusative of disease
Exod 15:26 (
J), so (
ב person) v
Exod 15:26;
Deut 7:16 figurative, spirit (
עַל)
Num 11:17 (
JE), name
Num 6:27 (
P), duty
Job 37:15 (?), reproach
1Sam 11:2,
רָעָה תַּחַת מוֺדָה Ps 109:5 (
ᵑ6 Bae וַיָּשִׁיבוּ so, or
וַיְשַׁלְּמוּ,
Hup Che);
עַל לֵב ׳שׂ Song 8:6 (simile), so, figurative, = remember, treasure up,
Isa 42:25;
Isa 47:7 (||
זָכַר), + 6 t., with
אֶל 2Sam 13:33;
2Sam 19:20 (|| id.); with
ב 1Sam 21:13 compare
בְּאָזְנֵי ׳שׂ Exod 17:14 (
E), impress upon.
c. put, lay, set, with
ל,
2Kgs 11:16 lay (violent)
hands on =
2Chr 23:15 put end
to Job 18:2;
Job 28:3 set
לְמָרוֺם Job 5:11 render glory
to Josh 7:19 (
J E; ||
נָתַן),
Isa 42:12 make covenant
with 2Sam 23:5 set food
for Gen 43:32 (
J),
2Sam 12:20, preposition omitted
Gen 43:31 (
J), so, with
לִפְנֵי 1Sam 9:24;
1Sam 28:22;
2Kgs 6:22 לִפְנֵי ׳שׂ elsewhere
Judg 18:21, of precedence
Gen 48:20b (
E) :
set laws (as authoritative)
לִפְנֵי Exod 19:7;
Exod 21:1 (both
E),
Deut 4:44 God (as moral ruler)
לְנֶגְדָּם Ps 54:5;
Ps 86:14 נֶגֶד ׳שׂ also
Gen 31:37 (
E),
נֹכַח Ezek 14:4;
Ezek 14:7 לְעֵינֵי Gen 30:41 (
J).
d. put, with בֵּין Josh 24:7 (
E) + 5:t. (
Exod 8:19 see
פְּדוּת p. 804), +
Gen 30:36 (
J),
Gen 32:17 (
E),
put space between; with
תַּחַת Exod 17:12 (
E), + 3 t. (
Obad 1:7 strike out
לַחְמְךָ We GASm Now and others) +
יָד תַּחַת יָרִךְ ׳שׂ in oath
Gen 24:2;
Gen 24:9;
Gen 47:29 (all
J);
put, with
אֶל location
1Sam 6:11;
1Sam 6:15;
1Sam 19:13 a
Hab 2:15,
אֶל person
Job 5:8 commit unto; with
אֵצֶל of thing
Lev 6:3 (
P),
מִצַּד of thing
Deut 31:26 (
P);
עִמְּךָ ׳שׂ 1Sam 9:23 lay up something
with thee, reserve it;
put, with
יַחַד Mic 2:12 put together = collect (||
אָסַף קִבֵּץ); without modifier
1Kgs 18:23 (twice in verse);
1Kgs 18:25;
Ezek 30:21 apply bandage (||
נָתַן).
2. set, direct: a. sword against (
ב)
Judg 7:22 figurative
extend compassion,
ל person
Isa 47:6.
b. direct לֵב (
mind)
toward, pay attention to, with
ל 1Sam 9:20;
Deut 32:46;
Ezek 40:4;
Ezek 44:5b; with
אֶל Exod 9:21 (
J),
1Sam 25:25;
2Sam 18:3 (twice in verse);
Job 2:3;
Job 34:14 (
Bu Du strike out
לֵב and read
רוּחוֺ יָשִׁיב); with
עַל Hag 1:5;
Hag 1:7;
Job 1:8 compl. omitted
Ezek 44:5a
Hag 2:15;
Hag 2:18 (twice in verse);
Isa 41:22;
Judg 19:30 read perhaps
לְבַבְכֶם for
לָכֶם (or
עֵצָה for
עֻצוּ), see especially
GFMHeb. Hpt.;
לֵב omitted,
Isa 41:20 ( +
רָאָה,
יָדַע,
הִשְׂכִּיל), with
ב person
Job 23:6 (so
Bu, who compares
Job 4:20;
Job 24:12;
Job 34:23, but all cases dubious);
שִׂים לֵב, with
עַל =
intend Dan 1:8 (object clause).
c. set face (
פָּנִים) toward (accusative of location)
Gen 31:21 (
E), +
לָבוֺא Jer 42:15 (twice in verse);
Jer 42:17;
Jer 44:12, compare
2Kgs 12:18;
Dan 11:17 with
אֶל,
toward or
against (implying opposition)
Ezek 6:2 + 5 t. Ezekiel, with
עַל Ezek 29:2;
Ezek 35:2, with
דֶּרֶךְ of direction
Ezek 21:2 with
ב (figurative of oppos., subject
׳י):
הִנְנְי שָׂם פָּנַי בָּכֶם לְרָעָה Jer 44:11, compare
Jer 21:10;
Ezek 15:7 (||
נתן),
Lev 20:5 (
P); with
ל of thing (human subject)
Dan 11:18 Qr ( <
Kt ישׁב); with
עַל person +
לִמְלֹךְ of purpose
1Kgs 2:15 set eyes (
עֵינַים) upon, with
עַל person = behold
Gen 44:21 (
J), = look after, take care of
Jer 39:12;
Jer 40:4,
לְטוֺבָה Jer 24:6, but
לְרָעָה Amos 9:4.
3. a. set, ordain, with accusative of thing
Num 24:23 ( > accusative of person
Di).
b. set, establish a law, statute, +
ל person
Exod 15:25;
Josh 24:25 (both
E), compare
Prov 8:29 +
ב location
Isa 42:4;
Ps 78:5 (||
הֵקִים), also
Ps 81:6;
Jer 33:25 +
2Sam 20:19 (
שָׂמוּ for
שְׁלֻמֵי ᵐ5 Ew We Kit Bu HPS, compare
Dr);
establish something as (
ל) law
Gen 47:26 (
J),
1Sam 30:25 ( +
ל person);
establish bazaars (as a right),
ב location,
1Kgs 20:34 appoint a set time
Exod 9:5 (
J),
Job 34:23 (reading
מוֺעֵד for
עוֺד GHBWr
Bu), insert (perhaps)
1Sam 13:8 so
Dr Klo HPS ( > insert
אמר Th We Bu Kit, after
ᵐ5 Tagrum); a place, +
ל person
Exod 21:13;
2Sam 7:10 =
1Chr 17:9,
ל of thing
1Kgs 8:21 ( +
שָׁם).
c. set, found a nation, Isa 44:7 (several.), establish it Ps 89:30 (לָעַד).
d. set, appoint (as ruler, official) + עַל person or of a people, Exod 1:11; Exod 5:14; Exod 18:21 (all E), Deut 17:14; Deut 17:15 (3 t. in verse); Judg 11:11 ( + ל of office), 2Sam 17:25 ( + תַּחַת instead of) + 6 t. + Gen 47:6 (J; second accusative = ruler, expressed), 2Sam 23:23 (אֶל), עַל in || 1Chr 11:25 also 2 accusative + ל and ב location Ps 105:21 ב location 2Sam 15:4; 2Chr 33:14, בְּראֹשׁ at the head of, Deut 1:13, 2 accusative alone Song 1:6 with accusative of person + ל person Gen 27:37 (E), Hos 2:2; 1Sam 8:5 ( + infinitive); + of title Gen 45:8; Gen 45:9; Exod 2:14 ( + עַל; all E) + 4 t. + Judg 8:33 ( + ל person), + Ezek 44:8 (perhaps read וַתְּשִׂימוּם Hi Sm Co and most); + ל of purpose Hab 1:12 + ב of position, ל person 1Sam 8:11 with accusative of office alone 1Sam 8:12 ( + ל person), so Co Ezek 21:27 a (שָׂרִים for כָּרִים, see בַּר below כרר), 1Kgs 20:24 ( + תחת), compare 2Chr 23:18, + עַל, אֶל, of task Num 4:19 (P); Job 7:20 set me as (ל) mark for (ל) him.
e. set, constitute, make, with כ person or thing, Gen 13:16 (J) I will make thy seed the dust, Gen 32:13 (J) Gen 48:20 (E), Deut 10:22; Hos 11:8 + 16 t. + (bad sense) Hos 2:5; Nah 3:6; 1Kgs 19:2. feminine set, determine, fix, bounds Jer 5:22 (2 accusative) Job 38:5; Job 38:33; Ps 104:9 passive determined, settled, + עַלפֶּֿה 2Sam 13:32 (but see II. שׂום); appoint, send, frogs לְפַרְעֹךְ Exod 8:8 (J), with accusative of person + עַל against 2Kgs 18:14. 4. a. set, station, at a post, etc., accusative of person
Josh 8:13 (
JE), +
ב location
2Kgs 10:24;
Jer 9:7 + 5 t., + adverb accusative
Gen 33:2 (
J), +
בֵּין location
Josh 8:12, +
ל (against) and
אַחֲרֵי location v
Josh 8:2 (both
J E), +
ל against
Judg 9:25 ( +
עַל location), +
אֶל against
Judg 20:29;
Judg 20:36 doubtful are
1Sam 15:2 (with
ל person),
1Kgs 20:12 (twice in verse) (
עַלהָֿעִיר), where no object expressed (in MT); either an object has fallen out, or verb (in techn. Military sense), here intransitive or inwardly transitive (
DlZK ii. 397 forward ! take direction toward; compare also [on Sm]
We Dr Löhr), or else
׳שׂ is corrupt (compare
HPSsm)
b. put in position, sacred bread, sword, staves, bars, with accusative
1Sam 21:7;
Ezek 21:27;
Num 4:6;
Num 4:8;
Num 4:11;
Num 4:14 + 4 t.
P,
Job 38:10 +
עַל Exod 32:27 (
E),
Exod 40:20 (
P),
מִמַּעַל ל Jer 43:10,
מֵעַל Esth 3:1 + (various modifiers) 8 t.;
set in place,
תֵּבֵל Job 34:13 (
De and others), but context favours
שָׁמַר Bu;
Du לִבּוֺ בְּתֵבֵל ׳שׂ.
c. set up altars
1Kgs 2:19;
Jer 11:13, stone as memorial
Gen 18:18 (
J),
Gen 28:22 (
E),
1Sam 7:12 (compare
הֵקִים Gen 31:45 + ), image, etc.
Judg 18:31 (||
הֵקִים),
Deut 27:15;
1Kgs 12:29 (
ב location, ||
נָתַן),
2Kgs 21:7 (
ב location) =
2Chr 33:7, compare
Ps 74:4;
Isa 57:8 and, +
ב location,
Jer 7:30;
Jer 32:34 rods before (
לְעֵינֵי) cattle
Gen 30:41 (||
וַיַּצֵּג v
Gen 30:38), compare v
Gen 30:42, guide-posts
Jer 31:21, bed
2Kgs 4:10 ( +
ל person).
d. = plant, wheat
Isa 28:25, tree
Isa 41:19 (
ב location; ||
נָתַן), slip
Ezek 17:5 (
עַל by).
e. set, fix (countenance)
2Kgs 8:11, so usually, but accusative omitted, and sense dubious; read perhaps
וַיִּשֹּׁם (√
שׁמם, compare e.g.
1Kgs 9:8), so
Klo Kmp Kit Benz.
5. a. make a thing, or person (accusative),
for, transform into (
ל),
Josh 6:18 (
J) make camp
לְחֵרֶם,
Mic 1:6 make Samaria לְעִיִ,
Gen 21:13;
Gen 21:18 (
E),
Exod 14:21 (
JE),
Mic 4:7 (both good sense),
Isa 28:17;
Isa 42:15;
Isa 42:16 + 12 t. Isaiah (
Isa 25:2 read
עִיר for
מֵעִיר Vrss. Comm.),
Jer 2:7 + 8 t. Jeremiah, + 14 t. +
Judg 1:28 they made the Canaanites into the corvée;
וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו Ps 85:14 maketh his steps into a way (so
RV Hup Che Dr, but meaning obscure;
De Bae attend to the way of (
לֵב omitted);
Schr Hup-Now read
׳וְיִשְׁמֹר ד); with 2 accusative
Josh 8:28 (
J),
1Sam 11:11;
Mic 1:7;
1Kgs 5:23 (praegn. with
עַד location), + 29 t.
b. make, constitute, 2 accusative,
1Sam 8:1;
1Sam 18:13 ( +
ל person)
1Sam 22:7 (
לְבֻלְּכֶם,
ל of accusative; or < read
וְכֻלְּכֶם),
Isa 3:7;
Isa 60:17 + 6 t., +
1Sam 11:11 form people in bands, compare
Job 1:17 (one accusative,
form bands), + (accusative of person omitted)
Exod 4:11b (
J), compare (beast, in figure)
Ezek 19:5 2 accusative and accusative +
ל in same ver.,
Isa 54:12 I will make rubies thy prinnacles, and (transform)
thy gates into carbuncles; in phrase of naming,
שָׂם שְׁמוֺ יִשְׂרָאֵל 2Kgs 17:34, compare
Judg 8:31;
Neh 9:7 with
ל,
וַיָּשֶׂם לָהֶם שֵׁמוֺת Dan 1:7,
לְדָנִיֵּאל בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר ׳וַיּ v
Dan 1:7 make, fashion, with accusative of thing +
ל person
Exod 4:11a (
J;
׳י subject); grave
Nah 1:14 (but on text and meaning see
Now BiSB Wiener Akkadian 1894, Abh. V); with accusative
דֶּרֶךְ Isa 43:19 (
ב location), compare
Ezek 21:24;
Ezek 21:25 ( +
ל infinitive);
Ps 50:23 is dubious, usually
order (one's)
way,
De Dr prepare way (which), et.,
Gr Che תֹּם for
שָׂם;
make name +
ל person
2Sam 7:23 =
1Chr 17:21;
2Sam 14:7 make for,
ל person (or
give to), with accusative of posterity
Gen 45:7 (
E);
1Sam 2:20 read probably
יַשַׁלֵּם ᵐ5 We Kit Bu HPS, compare
Dr;
Ezra 10:44b is obscure, Gu-Batten strike out
וַיָּשִׂימוּ and read
וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ before
נָשִׁים, compare 3 Esdr 9:36
BeRy Ryle.
c. work, bring to pass, with accusative of thing, of
׳י's signs, etc., +
ב location
Exod 10:2 (
J),
Jer 32:20;
Isa 66:19;
Ps 46:9;
Ps 78:43;
Ps 105:27.
d. appoint, give, accusative of thing
Num 6:26 (
P),
Isa 61:3 (||
נָתַן; both with
ל person); a pledge
Job 17:3 (||
עָרְבֵנִי go surety for me, but read perhaps
עֶרְבֹנִי as object);
וַשׂוֺם שֵׂכֶל Neh 8:8 giving understanding (making sense clear).
Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular consecutive
וַהֲשִׂמֹתִיהוּ Ezek 14:8, accusative of person +
ל,
I will make him for a sign (<
שׁ for
שׂ van d. H., √
שׁמם;
Co Berthol Toy
וְשַׂמְתִּיהוּ (Qal),
Krae וַהִשְׁמַדְתִּיהוּ);
Imperative feminine singular
הָשׂימִי Ezek 21:21, probably del as dittograph
Co Krae after
ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 NöZMG xxxvii (1888), 530 ( >
Bö Toy and others
הִקְדִּימוּ);
Participle מֵשִׂים Job 4:20 =
Qal (
לֵב)
שׂום (
Job 4:23b), but phrase dubious, and text perhaps corrupt, see
Me Nöl.c. Hoph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular
וַּיּוּשׂם Gen 24:33 Qr (
Kt ויישׂם Ges«GKC:73f»§ 73f)
there was set before him (
לְפָנָיו)
to eat, compare
OlMBAk. 1870, 389 Köi. 435, who read also
וַיוּשַׂם Gen 50:26 he was laid in (
ב) a mummy-case (for
ᵑ0 וַיִּישֶׂם),
Di (ed. 4.5.6) allows this.
BDB8189 H7760 H8040 H8057
BDB8188 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8190
שׂוּמָה (van d. H. שׂימה Kt) perhaps noun feminine token of unluckiness, scowl; — 2Sam 13:32, so EwG iii. 234, H.172 (abbreviated fromשׂמאל; or emendation שִׁטְמָה) We RSEncy. Brit.(9) DAVID Kit, compare Dr HPS.
BDB9915 H7760 H7761
BDB9914 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9916
[שׂוּם], שׂים verb set, make (see Biblical Hebrew; for Persian influence on usage compare Scheft65); — 2. make, appoint, one's name
Dan 5:12 (2 accusative), one to office
Ezra 5:14 (2 accusative).
3. set, fix, accusative
בָּל mind,
Dan 6:15 (c. infinitive); accusative
טְעֵם Dan 3:12;
Dan 6:14 pay due regard (
טְעֵם) to (
עַל person).
Pe`il 3 masculine singular
מִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם Ezra 4:19,
from me a decree is made, so
Ezra 5:17;
Ezra 6:8;
Ezra 6:11;
Ezra 7:13;
Ezra 7:21;
Dan 3:29;
Dan 4:3;
Dan 6:27 literal 3 feminine singular
שֻׂמַת (read probably
שִׂימַת K§ 45, Beisp. 1. d))
Dan 6:18 (of stone,
עַל local).
Hithpe`el be made: Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יִתְּשָׂם Ezra 4:24 (of decree,
סטְעֵס with
מִן agent.); 3 masculine plural
יִתְּשָׂמוּן Dan 2:5 subject of thing + noun predicate
be made into; Participle Ezra 5:8 literally
be set, laid, of wood,
ב of wall.