H8085G–שָׁמַע–sha.ma

Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.

לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ (שְׁמֹ֔עַ) sh.Mo.a' “hear”תִּשְׁמַ֤ע tish.Ma' “let it hear”

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria:

שִׁמְע֗וּ shim.'U “hear”

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

תִּשְׁמְע֖וּ tish.me.'U “you listen”

And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.

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

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the peop

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

And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.

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

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death.

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

So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

שָׁמַ֔ע sha.Ma' “he had heard”

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,

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

No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse: and will you be kept safe from their fate?

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

Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

וּֽשְׁמָ֔ע (שְׁמָ֔ע) she.Ma' “hear”וּשְׁמַ֗ע (שְׁמַ֗ע) she.Ma' “hear”

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

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

Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.

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

At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill, and was well again.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע (יִּשְׁמַ֕ע) i.yish.Ma' “he had heard”

Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:

שְׁמַ֖ע she.Ma' “hear”

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ tish.Ma.'u “do you hear”

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

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

Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

שֹׁמֵ֖עַ sho.Me.a' “[was one who] heard”

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

יַשְׁמִ֥יעַ yash.Mi.a' “he will make heard”

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

שְׁמָ֑עוּ she.Ma.'u “listen”

Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

יִשְׁמָֽע׃ yish.Ma' “he listens”

Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?

וְיִשְׁמַ֖ע (יִשְׁמַ֖ע) yish.Ma' “he may listen?”

Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say,

וְיִשְׁמְע֖וּ (יִשְׁמְע֖וּ) yish.me.'U “they may hear”

And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

שְׁמַ֖ע she.Ma' “listen”

Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:

שִׁמְע֤וּ shim.'U “listen”