8085. shama
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shama: to hear
Original Word: שָׁמַע
Part of Speech: verb feminine; verb masculine
Transliteration: shama
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-mah')
Short Definition: heard

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to hear
NASB Translation
announce (2), announced (3), announces (3), completely (1), comprehends (1), diligently (1), discern (1), disregarded* (1), gave heed (2), give earnest heed (1), given heed (2), hear (270), hear* (1), heard (363), heard for certain (1), hearing (5), hears (33), heed (5), heeded (2), indeed obey (1), keep on listening (1), listen (226), listen attentively (1), listen carefully (3), listen closely (1), listen obediently (2), listened (52), listening (12), listens (7), loud-sounding (3), made a proclamation (1), make his heard (1), make their heard (1), make them known (1), make themselves heard (1), make your heard (1), obedient (1), obey (32), obey* (14), obeyed (21), obeyed* (5), obeying (6), obeys (1), overheard (1), pay heed (1), proclaim (15), proclaimed (6), proclaims (1), reported (3), sang (1), show (1), sound (2), sound* (1), sounded (1), summon (2), summoned (2), surely hear (1), surely heard (1), truly obey (1), understand (7), understanding (1), understood (1), witness (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שָׁמַע1159 verb hear (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician שמע Lzb378; Assyrian šemû; Arabic ; Sabean סמע mostly in derivatives, especially epithet of divinity סמע he who hears HomChr 124 FellZMG liv (1900), 250, 252 DHMHofmus. No. 10, 1. 1; Ethiopic Aramaic שְׁמַע, , Old Aramaic שמע Lzb378; compare also משמעת MI28 obedience); —

Qal1052 Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Genesis 24:52 +, שָׁמֵ֑עַ Jeremiah 36:13 3t.; 2 feminine singular שָׁמַ֫עַתְּ 1 Kings 1:11 2t.; 3 plural שָׁמֵ֑עוּ Judges 2:17 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁמַע Exodus 6:30 +, 1 singular cohortative אֶשְׁמְעָה Numbers 9:8, וָאֶשְׁמְָעָה (on ְָ֯ compare Ges§ 10h; Ol§ 65 c question reading) Daniel 8:13; 2masculine plural תִּשְׁמְע֔וּן Deuteronomy 8:20 +, תִּשְׁמָע֔וּן Deuteronomy 1:17, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁמַע Amos 7:16 +, שִׁמְעָךְ Job 32:10 + (especially Psalms), שְׁמָ֨עָךְ֨ Daniel 9:19; feminine plural שְׁמַעְנָה Isaiah 32:9; Jeremiah 9:19, שְׁמַ֫עַן Genesis 4:23 (Ges§ 46f), etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁמוֺעַ Isaiah 6:9 +; construct שְׁמֹעַ 1 Samuel 15:22 +; suffix שָׁמְעו Deuteronomy 29:18 +, שָׁמְעָתוֺ Isaiah 30:19 (Genesis 18:10 + etc.; —

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subject human person (or thing personified):

a. hear (perceive by ear), accusative of thing, especially קוֺל Genesis 3:10 (J) + 46 t., דבר(יםׅ Amos 8:11 50t., etc.; accusative חָכְמָה i.e. wise sayings 1 Kings 5:14 4t.; so any utterance or sound (approximately 150 t. in all) + (object omitted) Deuteronomy 4:33 32t. + (temporal clause) 1 Samuel 14:27 6t.; very rarely with ב, ׳בְּסוֺד י ׳שׁ Job 15:8; with object clause, ׳כִּ Exodus 4:31 52t. + Isaiah 39:1b (read ׳כִּי שׁ ᵐ5 ᵑ7 "" 2 Kings 20:12), אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר Joshua 2:10; Joshua 5:1 (both RD), מַהֹֿ֯ Judges 7:11 3t.; without connect. אֹתָהּ ׳שׁ עָשִׂיתִי 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; singular oratio recta [direct speech] Isaiah 40:28; Zechariah 8:23.

b. accusative of person + מְדַבֵּר hear one speaking Genesis 27:6 (J), Jeremiah 26:7; Daniel 8:13, so בֹּכֶה Numbers 11:10 (J), נִבָּא Jeremiah 20:1 מְקַלְלֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 7:21; occas. pears. omitted, דֹּבְרִים Genesis 37:17 (JE), אֶתמִֿדַּבֵּר Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 43:6 (see דבר Hithpa`el); accusative of person only Daniel 12:7.

c. with לֵאמֹר only, hear say = hear it said, 1 Samuel 13:4; 2 Samuel 19:3; Deuteronomy 13:13; Joshua 22:11 (P), 1 Kings 16:16; + עַל person concerning Genesis 41:15 (E), Isaiah 37:9; אֶל person id. 2 Kings 19:9.

d. hear of, concerning: (1) accusative of thing, אֵת(כָּלֿ)אֲשֶׁר Exodus 18:1; 2 Kings 19:11 5t., דבר(יםׅ 1 Samuel 3:11 4t., רָעָה Jeremiah 19:3 5t., etc.; כַּאֲשֶׁר 1 Samuel 23:11; Psalm 48:9, כָּואֹת Isaiah 66:8 hear of anything like this, כָּאֵלֶּךְ Jeremiah 18:13; accusative, etc., omitted Judges 9:46 43t.; (2) less often accusative of person Job 42:5, אֶל person Ezekiel 19:4, person omitted Deuteronomy 9:2; with ב person hear exultantly of their fate Psalm 92:12 (probably imitated from "" הִכִּיט בְּ va; see especially ראךְ 8a (6)).

e. hear, absolute, = have power to hear, 2 Samuel 19:36 (with בְּקוֺל ), Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 32:3; Proverbs 20:12; Zechariah 7:11; in simile Psalm 38:15; with negative of idols Deuteronomy 4:28; Psalm 115:6; figurative (spiritual power) Jeremiah 5:21; Deuteronomy 29:8; Ezekiel 12:2; Isaiah 42:20. — Proverbs 21:28 is probably corrupt, see Toy.

f. hear with attention, interest, listen to (sometimes "" חֶאֱןין), חִקְשִׁיב accusative דבר(יםׅ (54 t.) Amos 4:1 +, especially ׳דבר(י) י Numbers 12:6 (JE) + 45 t.; אִמְרָה Isaiah 28:23, קוֺל Isaiah 28:23, זאֹת Micah 3:9, etc.; often absolute Judges 5:3 57t., + (negative) Psalm 38:14 pay no attention; absolute לֵב שֹׁמֵעַ 1 Kings 3:9, אִישׁ שֹׁטֵעַ Proverbs 21:28.

g. understand (language), שָׂפָחךְ Genesis 11:7 (J), Isaiah 33:19, לָשׁוֺן Deuteronomy 28:49, דְּבָרִין Ezekiel 3:6, מַהיְּֿדַבֵּר Jeremiah 5:15, no accusative Genesis 42:23 (E), 2 Kings 18:26 = Isaiah 36:11.

h. specif of hearing a (judicial) casre, דָּבָר Deuteronomy 1:17, compare Deuteronomy 1:17; accusative omitted בֵּין person Deuteronomy 1:16, of ׳י Judges 11:10; with מִשְׁמָּט 1 Kings 3:11; הִטּוֺב וְהָרֵע ׳לשׁ 2 Samuel 14:17, וְשֹׁמֵע אֵין לְךָ 2 Samuel 15:3, compare Job 31:35.

i. with accusative of person in polite address, hear us (me)! Genesis 23:6,8,11,13,15 (all P), 1 Chronicles 28:2; 2Chronicles 13:4; 15:2; 20:20

j. listen, give heed (sometimes "" הִקְשִׁיב), absolute, Genesis 42:21 (E) + 18: t., + (usually "" הִטָּה אֹ׃ון), Jeremiah 7:13 14t. Jeremiah, + (opposed to חָדַל) Ezekiel 2:5 3t. Ezekiel; + שִׂים עַללֵֿב Malachi 2:2; hear + do Deuteronomy 5:24; 2 Kings 18:12, etc.; = consent, agree, Genesis 37:27 (J), grant request Judges 11:17; with ל person (mostly late) Judges 19:25; 1 Samuel 30:24; Job 15:17 16t., ׳לי Hosea 9:17; Leviticus 26:14,18,21,27; ׳לְדִבְרֵי י 1 Samuel 15:1, לְעֵצָה Proverbs 12:15.

k. with אֶל person + listen to, yield to Genesis 49:2; Judges 2:17 69t. (׳אֶליֿ15t., especially Jeremiah 7:26 10t. Jeremiah), עַל person 2 Kings 20:13; אֶלדִּֿבְרֵי etc., Deuteronomy 18:19; Jeremiah 29:10 14t., עַלדִּֿבְרֵי etc., 2 Kings 22:13 3t.; very rarely accusative of thing 1 Samuel 24:10 (Gi v.1 Samuel 24:9).

l לְקוֺל ׳שׁ = id., obey, Genesis 3:17 (J) + 11 t. + (׳לְקוֺל י) Judges 2:20; Exodus 15:26 (JE).

m. very often, בְּקוֺל ׳שׁ = obey 1 Samuel 8:7 25t., + ׳שׁ ׳בְּקוֺל י (׳יs word, etc.) Deuteronomy 4:30; Jeremiah 3:13 65t. (Deuteronomy 18 t., Jeremiah 18 t.).

n. obey, with accusative דבר(יםׅ Joshua 1:18 2t. + (׳י ׳ד) Jeremiah 11:3 5t. Jeremiah; 1 Kings 12:24 2Chronicles 11:4, etc.; accusative of person Exodus 6:12 (P), 2 Chronicles 28:11.

o. absolutebe obedient (especially to ׳י) Isaiah 1:19; Micah 5:14; Jeremiah 12:17 4t. Jeremiah + 7 t.

2 ׳י (God) subject:

a. accusative קוֺל, דברים, etc., Genesis 21:17 (E), 2 Kings 19:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 19:16, usually with favour implied Numbers 20:16; Deuteronomy 33:7 +, so especially accusative תְּפִלָּה, תְּחנָּה, etc., 1 Kings 8:45; Psalm 6:10 +.

b. object clause כִּי Genesis 29:33 (J).

c. no object (32 t.) Isaiah 59:2; Jeremiah 22:21, usually hear and foregive, help, etc 1 Kings 8:30,32; Isaiah 30:19 +; hear be angry Psalm 78:59, compare Psalm 55:20.

d. = be able to hear Isaiah 59:1; Psalm 94:9.

e. בְּקוֺל ׳שׁ = hear (and grant) Genesis 30:6 (J) + 6 t.

f.hear and answer, with אֶל of city, etc., Genesis 21:7; Genesis 16:11; 1 Kings 8:28 8t.; with אֶל person Deuteronomy 3:36 12t.

g. with לְ of utterance Jeremiah 18:19; Psalm 61:6; ל person Joshua 24:10 (E).

h. hear, accusative of person + מִתְנוֺדֵד Jeremiah 31:18; favourably, with accusative of person Micah 7:7 3t., so, + ל concerning, Genesis 17:20 (P); object omitted 2 Kings 22:19; Psalm 22:23 3t. + Psalm 34:7; Psalm 34:18 (hear and deliver); with temporal clause Jeremiah 11:14

Niph`al42 Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׁמַע Genesis 45:16 +, etc; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁמַע Exodus 23:13 +, יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ 1 Samuel 1:13, etc.; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁמַל Esther 2:8; Participle feminine נִשְׁמַ֫עַת Jeremiah 51:46, etc.; —

1 be heard, of voice, sound, etc., 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Kings 6:7; Job 26:14 (or 1 plural

Qal Imperfect?); of a resort, ֗֗֗ לֵאמֹר ׳נִשׁ Genesis 45:16 (E); subject clause, ׳כִּ, Nehemiah 6:1 (ל person), compare clauseוְהַיְהוּדִים חשְׁבִים Nehemiah 6:6; Nehemiah 6:7 be reported, כַּדְּבָרִיס הָאֵלֶּה (לַמֶּלֶחׅ); be heard, לִפְנֵי אֱםהֶיךָ Daniel 10:12.

2 be heard of, כָּמֹהוּ Deuteronomy 4:32.

3 be regarded, obeyed, Ecclesiastes 9:17; in 2 Samuel 22:45 = Psalm 18:45 it is be obedient (לִיׅ, si vera lectio (read perhaps

Qal. compare Now).

4 בְּקוֺלָם ׳וַיִישּׁ2Chronicles 30:27 #NAME?hearing was granted to their voice

Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְשַׁמַּע 1 Samuel 15:4 he caused the people (accusative) to hear and respond, i.e. he assembled them), so 1 Samuel 23:8 (see Hiph`il 1 c).

Hiph`il63 Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁמִיעַ 1 Kings 15:22 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַשְׁמִעֵנִי Deuteronomy 30:12,13; 2masculine singular jussive תַּשְׁמַע Judges 18:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הִשְׁמִיעֵנִי Psalm 143:8; feminine singular suffix הַשְׁמִיעִנִי Songs 2:14; Songs 8:13, etc.; Infinitive construct לַשְׁמִעַ Psalm 26:7 (Ges§ 53q); Participle מַשְׁמִיעַ Jeremiah 4:15 +, etc.; —

1 of man:

a. cause to hear accusative of person + of thing Deuteronomy 30:12,13; Songs 2:14; Songs 8:13 4t.; object of thing omitted (= make proclamation to) 1 Kings 15:22; object person omitted Jeremiah 5:20 +; accusative שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 2:1 i.e. proclaimpeace; אָוֶֺן Jeremiah 4:15 (מִן local); קוֺל ׳הַשׁ utter a sound Joshua 6:10 (J; "" הֵרִיעַ), compare Judges 18:25 (קוֺלְךָ, + עִמָּנוּ), Isaiah 42:2; Isaiah 58:4; קוֺל תְּהִלָּתוֺ ׳הִשׁ Psalm 66:8 בְּקוֺל תּוֺדָה Psalm 26:7.

b. absolute as musical term, sound aloud, בִּמְצִלְתַּיִם לְהִשְׁמִיעַ 1 Chronicles 15:19 (perhaps to mark the time, GrPsalms 67 De compare 1 Chronicles 16:5 also Psalm 150:5 בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָׁ֑מַע), מַשְׁמִיעִים 1 Chronicles 15:16,28; 1 Chronicles 16:42, קוֺל אֶחָד ׳לְהַשׁ2Chronicles 5:13 i.e. probably in unison (PrinceEB iii, 3241), Nehemiah 12:42.

c. absolute make proclamation (often "" הִגִּיד), Amos 3:9; Amos 4:5; Isaiah 41:26; Jeremiah 4:5 6t. Jeremiah

d. הַשְׁמִיעוּ, accusative of person + אֶל location = summon Jeremiah 50:29, עַל location Jeremiah 51:27 (compare Pi`el).

2 ׳י subject:

a. cause to hear, accusative of person and thing Deuteronomy 4:10,36 (מִן local), 2 Kings 7:6 4t.; accusative of person omitted Isaiah 30:30 3t.; accusative of thing omitted Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 48:5.

b. = tell, accusative of person + כָּזאֹת Judges 13:23; accusative of person only, Isaiah 42:9; accusative of thing only, Isaiah 48:3; Ezekiel 36:15 (אֵלַיִךְ).

c. absolute, make proclamation Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 62:11 (אֶל location).

שְׁמַע verb hear (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Daniel 6:15; 1singular שִׁמְעֵת Daniel 5:14,16; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁמַע Daniel 3:10, 2m. pl. תִּשְׁמְעוּן Daniel 3:5,15; Participle active שָֽׁמְעִין Daniel 3:7; Daniel 5:23; — hear: = have sense of hearing Daniel 5:23; with accusative of sound Daniel 3:5,7,10,15, word Daniel 6:15; with clause דִּי + עַל person concerning, Daniel 5:14,16.

Hithpe`el shew oneself obedient: Imperfect3masculine plural יִשְׁתַּמְעוּן Daniel 7:27, with ל person (probably).



Strong's
attentively, call gather together, carefully, certainly, consent, consider

A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) -- X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

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