שָׁמַע

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)

Every occurrence

1. Ezra 3:13 נִשְׁמַ֖ע nish.Ma' · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

2. Ezra 4:1 וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ vai.yish.me.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;

3. Ezra 9:3 וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ u.khe.sha.me.'I · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

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