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H8085Gשָׁמַעsha.ma

to hear: hearPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 53
  2. 40
  3. 7
  4. 30
  5. 60
  6. 21
  7. 16
  8. 2
  9. 46
  10. 32
  11. 55
  12. 38
  13. 8
  14. 48
  15. 3
  16. 21
  17. 2
  18. 40
  19. 73
  20. 30
  21. 8
  22. 3
  23. 87
  24. 137
  25. 5
  26. 49
  27. 12
  28. 3
  29. 1
  30. 8
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 8
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 8
  39. 2

Renderings

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Other meanings of H8085

  • H8085Hשָׁמַעsha.mato hear: obeyH:VOccurrences: 134
  • H8085Iשָׁמַעsha.mato hear: proclaimH:VOccurrences: 49
  • H8085Jשָׁמַעsha.mato hear: understandH:VOccurrences: 9
  • H8085Kשָׁמַעsha.mato hear: judgeH:VOccurrences: 2
  • H8085Lשָׁמַעsha.mato hear: welcomeH:VOccurrences: 1

965 occurrences in 903 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Kings 18:28

    Then Rab-shakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying: 'Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

    שִׁמְע֛וּ shim.'U “hear”

  2. 2 Kings 18:31

    Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

    תִּשְׁמְע֖וּ tish.me.'U “you listen”

  3. 2 Kings 18:32

    until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying: The LOR

    תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ tish.me.'U “you listen”

  4. 2 Kings 19:1

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

    כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ (שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

  5. 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'

    יִשְׁמַע֩ yish.Ma' “he will hear”שָׁמַ֖ע sha.Ma' “he has heard”

  6. 2 Kings 19:6

    And Isaiah said unto them: 'Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith the LORD: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

    שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta “you have heard”

  7. 2 Kings 19:7

    Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.'

    וְשָׁמַ֥ע (שָׁמַ֥ע) sha.Ma' “he will hear”

  8. 2 Kings 19:8

    So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

    שָׁמַ֔ע sha.Ma' “he had heard”

  9. 2 Kings 19:9

    And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'Behold, he is come out to fight against thee'; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying:

    וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע (יִּשְׁמַ֗ע) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

  10. 2 Kings 19:11

    Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

    שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta “you have heard”

  11. 2 Kings 19:16

    Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God.

    וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (שֲׁמָ֔ע) sha.Ma' “hear”וּשְׁמַ֗ע (שְׁמַ֗ע) she.Ma' “hear”

  12. 2 Kings 19:20

    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Whereas thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee.

    שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ sha.Ma.'e.ti “I have heard”

  13. 2 Kings 19:25

    Hast thou not heard? long ago I made it, in ancient times I fashioned it; now have I brought it to pass, yea, it is done; that fortified cities should be laid waste into ruinous heaps.

    שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta “have you heard”

  14. 2 Kings 20:5

    'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

    שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ sha.Ma'.ti “I have heard”

  15. 2 Kings 20:12

    At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

    שָׁמַ֔ע sha.Ma' “he had heard”

  16. 2 Kings 20:16

    And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah: 'Hear the word of the LORD.

    שְׁמַ֖ע she.Ma' “hear”

  17. 2 Kings 21:9

    But they hearkened not; and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

    שָׁמֵ֑עוּ sha.Me.'u “they listened”

  18. 2 Kings 21:12

    therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

    שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ (שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔) sho.me.'a “[one who] hears of”

  19. 2 Kings 22:11

    And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

    כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ (שְׁמֹ֣עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

  20. 2 Kings 22:18

    But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

    שָׁמָֽעְתָּ׃ sha.Ma.'e.ta “you have heard”

  21. 2 Kings 22:19

    because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become an astonishment and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept

    בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡ (שָׁמְעֲ) sha.me.'a. “hearing”שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי sha.Ma'.ti “I have heard”

  22. 2 Kings 25:23

    Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth th

    וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ (יִּשְׁמְעוּ֩) i.yish.me.'U “they heard”

  23. 1 Chronicles 10:11

    And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

    וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (יִּשְׁמְע֔וּ) i.yish.me.'U “they heard”

  24. 1 Chronicles 14:8

    And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went out to meet them.

    וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (יִּשְׁמְע֣וּ) i.yish.me.'U “they heard”וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (יִּשְׁמַ֣ע) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

  25. 1 Chronicles 14:15

    And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.'

    כְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֞ (שָׁמְעֲ) sha.me.'a. “hearing”