H8085G–שָׁמַע–sha.ma

Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

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

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ (שָׁמְעִ) sha.me.' “heard”

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

כְּשָׁמְעִ֣י׀ (שָׁמְעִ֣) sha.me.' “heard”

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children

לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (שְׁמֹ֣עַ) sh.Mo.a' “listen”

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.

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

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ (יִּשְׁמַע֩) i.yish.Ma' “he heard”

Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

שָׁמַ֣ע sha.Ma' “he heard”

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

שְׁמַ֤ע she.Ma' “hear”

But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;

שָׁמַ֣ע sha.Ma' “he heard”

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

שָׁמְע֤וּ sha.me.'U “they heard”

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ tish.me.'U “you will hear”

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.

שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ sha.Ma'.ti “I heard”

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways

נִשְׁמַ֣ע nish.Ma' “it was heard”

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

יִשָּׁמַ֣ע yi.sha.Ma' “it will be heard”

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ sha.me.'U “they heard”

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ (שְׁמֹ֑עַ) sh.Mo.a' “listen”

And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping o

כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם (שָׁמְעָ֖) sha.me.'A “heard”

And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;

שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta “you heard”

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the

תִּשְׁמָ֔ע tish.Ma' “you heard”

But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you g

תִּשְׁמַ֛ע tish.Ma' “you heard”

And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

וַתִּשָּׁמַ֛ע (תִּשָּׁמַ֛ע) ti.sha.Ma' “it was heard”

So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.

כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם (שָׁמְעָ֣) sha.me.'A “heard”

Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע (נִשְׁמַ֗ע) nish.Ma' “is it heard”

And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.

שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ sha.me.'U “they have heard”

Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.

שָׁמַ֖ע sha.Ma' “he listened”