H8085G–שָׁמַע–sha.ma

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

שִׁמְע֥וּ shim.'U “listen”

So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.

שִׁמְעִי־ shim.'i- “listen to”

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

שִׁמְעוּ־ shim.'u- “listen to”

All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.

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

They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

שְׁמַעְתָּ֑ם (שְׁמַעְתָּ֑) she.ma'.Ta “you had heard of”

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ sha.Ma'.ta “you heard”

Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

שְׁמַ֤ע she.Ma' “listen”

Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.

וּֽשֲׁמָ֔עוּ (שֲׁמָ֔עוּ) sha.Ma.'u “listen”

Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

שִׁמְעוּ־ shim.'u- “listen to”

Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:

שִׁמְע֤וּ shim.'U “listen”

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ (שְׁמֹ֖עַ) sh.Mo.a' “hear”

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

שִׁמְע֥וּ shim.'U “listen”

Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

שִׁמְע֤וּ shim.'U “listen”

So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:

שִׁמְעִי־ shim.'i- “hear”

So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.

שָׁמְע֖וּ sha.me.'U “they had heard”

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

שִׁמְע֨וּ shim.'U “listen”שָׁמ֤וֹעַ sha.Mo.a' “steadfastly <to listen>”

Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

שִׁמְע֖וּ shim.'U “listen”

If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.

לְהַשְׁמִ֥יעַ (הַשְׁמִ֥יעַ) hash.Mi.a' “make heard”

Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:

מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃ (שְּׁמֽוֹעַ) she.Mo.a' “hearing”

But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.

מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃ (שְּׁמֽוֹעַ) she.Mo.a' “hearing”

Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.

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

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

שָׁמְע֖וּ sha.me.'U “people have heard”

Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם she.ma'.Tem “you listened”

And I will be glad over Jerusalem, and have joy in my people: and the voice of weeping will no longer be sounding in her, or the voice of grief.

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

And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ 'esh.Ma' “I will hear”