שָׁמַע

sha.ma · to hear: hear

Hebrew · Strong's H8085 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-mah' · 1,160 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to hear: hear H8085G 965
  • to hear: obey H8085H · a Meaning of 134
  • to hear: proclaim H8085I · a Meaning of 49
  • to hear: understand H8085J · a Meaning of 9
  • to hear: judge H8085K · a Meaning of 2
  • to hear: welcome H8085L · a Meaning of 1

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁמַע 1152 vb. hear
Qal 1052
1. subj. pers. hum.
2. י׳ (God) subj.
Niph. 42
1. be heard, of voice, sound
2. be heard of
3. be regarded, obeyed
4. = (favourable) hearing was granted to their voice.
Pi. he caused the people to hear
Hiph. 63
1. of man
2. י׳ subj.

Every occurrence

  1. Song of Solomon 2:12 נִשְׁמַ֥ע nish.Ma' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

  2. Song of Solomon 2:14 הַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי hash.mi.'I.ni · A command to you: causing it

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  3. Song of Solomon 8:13 הַשְׁמִיעִֽינִי׃ hash.mi.'I.ni · A command to you: causing it

    Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.

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