H8085J–שָׁמַע–sha.ma

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

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

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

שֹׁמֵ֖עַ sho.Me.a' “[was] hearing”

Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will understand”

Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ sho.Me.a' “[which] listens”

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

שֹׁמְעִ֖ים sho.me.'Im “[are] understanding”

Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

מִשְּׁמ֔וֹעַ (שְּׁמ֔וֹעַ) she.Mo.a' “hearing”

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

שֹׁמְעִ֖ים sho.me.'Im “[are] understanding”

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you hear”

not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will understand”