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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

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

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. Jeremiah 37:5

    And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

    וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ (יִּשְׁמְע֨וּ) i.yish.me.'U “they had heard”

  2. Jeremiah 37:14

    Then said Jeremiah: 'It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans'; but he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

    שָׁמַ֖ע sha.Ma' “he listened”

  3. Jeremiah 37:20

    And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.'

    שְֽׁמַֽע־ she.ma'- “listen”

  4. Jeremiah 38:1

    And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke unto all the people, saying:

    וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע (יִּשְׁמַ֞ע) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

  5. Jeremiah 38:7

    Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

    וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע (יִּשְׁמַ֡ע) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

  6. Jeremiah 38:15

    Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah: 'If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.'

    תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will listen”

  7. Jeremiah 38:25

    But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee: Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee;

    יִשְׁמְע֣וּ yish.me.'U “they will hear”

  8. Jeremiah 38:27

    Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not reported.

    נִשְׁמַ֖ע nish.Ma' “it had been heard”

  9. Jeremiah 40:7

    Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest

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

  10. Jeremiah 40:11

    Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son

    שָֽׁמְע֔וּ sha.me.'U “they heard”

  11. Jeremiah 41:11

    But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

    וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ (יִּשְׁמַע֙) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

  12. Jeremiah 42:4

    Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: 'I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing b

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

  13. Jeremiah 42:14

    saying: No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the horn, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we abide;

    נִשְׁמָ֑ע nish.Ma' “we will hear”

  14. Jeremiah 42:15

    now therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

    שִׁמְע֥וּ shim.'U “hear”

  15. Jeremiah 44:5

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.

    שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ sha.me.'U “they listened”

  16. Jeremiah 44:16

    'As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

    שֹׁמְעִ֖ים sho.me.'Im “[are] about to listen”

  17. Jeremiah 44:24

    Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women: 'Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

    שִׁמְעוּ֙ shim.'U “hear”

  18. Jeremiah 44:26

    Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, saith the LORD, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying: As the Lord GO

    שִׁמְע֣וּ shim.'U “hear”

  19. Jeremiah 46:12

    The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

    שָׁמְע֤וּ sha.me.'U “they will hear”

  20. Jeremiah 48:5

    For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

    שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ sha.Me.'u “people will hear”

  21. Jeremiah 48:29

    We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart.

    שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ sha.Ma'.nu “we have heard”

  22. Jeremiah 49:2

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate mound, and her daughters shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel dispossess them

    וְ֠הִשְׁמַעְתִּי (הִשְׁמַעְתִּי) hish.ma'.ti “I will sound aloud”

  23. Jeremiah 49:14

    I have heard a message from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations: 'Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.'

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

  24. Jeremiah 49:20

    Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that He hath taken against Edom; and His purposes, that He hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the flock shall drag them away, surely their habitation shall be appalled at them.

    שִׁמְע֣וּ shim.'U “hear”

  25. Jeremiah 49:21

    The earth quaketh at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.

    נִשְׁמַ֥ע nish.Ma' “it will be heard”