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 did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

שֹׁמֵ֖עַ sho.Me.a' “[was] hearing”

Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will understand”

Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?

שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ sho.Me.a' “[which] listens”

And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jewish [ergänzt: language] in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

שֹׁמְעִ֖ים sho.me.'Im “[are] understanding”

Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood.

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

And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jewish [ergänzt: language] in the ears of the people that are upon the wall.

שֹׁמְעִ֖ים sho.me.'Im “[are] understanding”

Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say.

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you hear”

not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee?

תִשְׁמַ֖ע tish.Ma' “you will understand”