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 he spoke to them by an interpreter.

שֹׁמֵ֖עַ sho.Me.a' “[was] hearing”

The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth, a nation whose language thou shalt not understand:

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will understand”

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

שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ sho.Me.a' “[which] listens”

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah, to Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk 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 a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

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

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jew's 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 the LORD: 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 people of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened to thee.

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will understand”