H8085G–שָׁמַע–sha.ma

Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:

וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע (תִשְׁמַ֥ע) tish.Ma' “it may hear”

And this is the blessing of Judah: he said, Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of Judah and make him one with his people: let your hands take up his cause, and be his help against his attackers.

שְׁמַ֤ע she.Ma' “hear”

For we have had news of how the Lord made the Red Sea dry before you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, on the other side of Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you gave up to the curse.

שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ sha.Ma'.nu “we have heard”

And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.

וַנִּשְׁמַע֙ (נִּשְׁמַע֙) nish.Ma' “we heard”

And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

וְשִׁמְע֕וּ (שִׁמְע֕וּ) shim.'U “hear”

Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hear

כִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (שְׁמֹ֣עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (שָׁמְעֲ) sha.me.'a. “hear”

And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

תַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ tash.Mi.'u “you must make heard”

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (שְׁמֹ֨עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

וְיִשְׁמְע֣וּ (יִשְׁמְע֣וּ) yish.me.'U “they may hear”

Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusite

כִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (שְׁמֹ֣עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

And the men of Gibeon, hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

שָׁמְע֗וּ sha.me.'U “they heard”

And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the Lord your God: for the story of his great name, and of all he did in Egypt has come to our ears,

שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ sha.Ma'.nu “we have heard”

Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֗וּ (יִּשְׁמְע֗וּ) i.yish.me.'U “they heard”

Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with

כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (שְׁמֹ֨עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ (שְׁמֹ֥עַ) sh.Mo.a' “listen”

Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ (שְׁמֹ֖עַ) sh.Mo.a' “heard”

So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.

שָׁמַעְתָּ֩ sha.ma'.Ta “you heard”

And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ (יִּשְׁמְע֥וּ) i.yish.me.'U “they heard”

Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (יִּשְׁמְע֖וּ) i.yish.me.'U “they heard”

Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.

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

But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

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

And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

שָׁמְעָ֗ה sha.me.'Ah “it has heard”

Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.

שִׁמְע֣וּ shim.'U “hear”

Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?

לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ (שְׁמֹ֖עַ) sh.Mo.a' “hear”