Word Study · Strong's H8085 · Hebrew
שָׁמַע
shama
shaw-mah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâmaʻ
“to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
- 1,159occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
- 290inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 500 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 290
- וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע16
- וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע12
- וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע11
- שָׁמַ֣ע11
- שְׁמַ֣ע10
- שִׁמְעוּ־7
- וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע6
- וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ5
- כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ5
- שְׁמַ֤ע5
- שָׁמַ֥ע5
- שֹׁמֵ֖עַ5
and 278 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 171
- and he heard44
- listen22
- you will listen22
- hear17
- and they heard16
- I have heard14
- to listen13
- he listened12
- and he listened11
- he has heard11
- when heard10
- to hear9
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 95
- Hc/Vqw3ms57
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)36
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular36
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular26
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular25
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular21
- Hc/Vqw3mp19
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural18
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular17
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular17
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular14
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural13
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 57
- HR/Vqcc · 36
- HVqp3ms · 36
- HVqv2ms · 26
- HVqi2ms · 25
- HVqp1cs · 21
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 19
- HVqp3cp · 18
- HVqi3ms · 17
- HVqrmsa · 17
- HVqp2ms · 14
- HVqi3mp · 13
The first 500 of 1,159, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy91 of 500 · 18%
- Psalms79 of 500 · 16%
- 1 Samuel65 of 500 · 13%
- Genesis62 of 500 · 12%
- Exodus49 of 500 · 10%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis62 occurrences
- Genesis 3:8וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpThen the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.here: and they heard
- Genesis 3:10שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”here: I heard
- Genesis 3:17שָׁמַעְתָּ֮shama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularAnd to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.here: you listened
- Genesis 4:23שְׁמַ֣עַןshemaanverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine pluralThen Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.here: listen to
- Genesis 11:7יִשְׁמְע֔וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralCome, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”here: they will hear
- Genesis 14:14וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.here: and he heard
- Genesis 16:2וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSo Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.here: and he listened
- Genesis 16:11שָׁמַ֥עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.here: he has listened
- Genesis 17:20שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒shema'tikhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAs for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.here: I have heard you
- Genesis 18:10שֹׁמַ֛עַתshomaatverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularThen the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.here: [was] listening
- Genesis 21:6הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַhashomea'the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”here: who hears
- Genesis 21:12שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularBut God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.here: listen
- Genesis 21:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msThen God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.here: and he heard
- Genesis 21:17שָׁמַ֧עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.here: he has heard
- Genesis 21:26שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularAbimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”here: I heard
- Genesis 22:18שָׁמַ֖עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularAnd through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”here: you have listened
- Genesis 23:6שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ׀shemaenuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”here: listen to us
- Genesis 23:8שְׁמָע֕וּנִיshemauniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalfhere: listen to me
- Genesis 23:11שְׁמָעֵ֔נִיshemaeniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”here: listen to me
- Genesis 23:13שְׁמָעֵ֑נִיshemaeniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularand said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”here: listen to me
- Genesis 23:15שְׁמָעֵ֔נִיshemaeniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”here: listen to me
- Genesis 23:16וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAbraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.here: and he listened
- Genesis 24:30וּכְשָׁמְע֗וֹukheshameoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.here: and just as heard he
- Genesis 24:52שָׁמַ֛עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.here: he heard
- Genesis 26:5שָׁמַ֥עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularbecause Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”here: he listened
- Genesis 27:5שֹׁמַ֔עַתshomaatverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularNow Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,here: [was] listening
- Genesis 27:6שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙shama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularRebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,here: I have heard
- Genesis 27:8שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularNow, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.here: listen
- Genesis 27:13שְׁמַ֥עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularHis mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”here: listen
- Genesis 27:34כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַkishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”here: when heard
- Genesis 27:43שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularSo now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.here: listen
- Genesis 28:7וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msand that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.here: and he had listened
- Genesis 29:13כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.here: when heard
- Genesis 29:33שָׁמַ֤עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAgain she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.here: he has heard
- Genesis 30:6שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.here: he has listened
- Genesis 30:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.here: and he listened
- Genesis 30:22וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msThen God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,here: and he listened
- Genesis 31:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֗עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msNow Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”here: and he heard
- Genesis 34:5שָׁמַ֗עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.here: he heard
- Genesis 34:7כְּשָׁמְעָ֔םkeshameampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralWhen Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.here: when heard they
- Genesis 34:17תִשְׁמְע֛וּtishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”here: you will listen
- Genesis 34:24וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpAll the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.here: and they listened
- Genesis 35:22וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhile Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:here: and he heard
- Genesis 37:6שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralHe said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:here: hear
- Genesis 37:17שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙shama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.here: I heard [them]
- Genesis 37:21וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.here: and he heard
- Genesis 37:27וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpCome, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.here: and they listened
- Genesis 39:10שָׁמַ֥עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAlthough Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.here: he listened
- Genesis 39:15כְשָׁמְע֔וֹkheshameopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”here: when heard he
- Genesis 39:19כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.here: when heard
- Genesis 41:15שָׁמַ֤עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularPharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”here: I have heard
- Genesis 41:15תִּשְׁמַ֥עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularPharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”here: you hear
- Genesis 42:2שָׁמַ֔עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”here: I have heard
- Genesis 42:21שָׁמָ֑עְנוּshamaenuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralThen they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”here: we listened
- Genesis 42:22שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshema'temverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”here: you listened
- Genesis 42:23שֹׁמֵ֖עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThey did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.here: [was] hearing
- Genesis 43:25שָֽׁמְע֔וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSince the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.here: they had heard
- Genesis 45:2וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpBut he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.here: and they heard
- Genesis 45:2וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msBut he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.here: and it heard
- Genesis 45:16נִשְׁמַ֗עnishma'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.here: it was heard
- Genesis 49:2וְשִׁמְע֖וּveshimuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralCome together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.here: and listen
- Genesis 49:2וְשִׁמְע֖וּveshimuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralCome together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.here: and listen
Exodus49 occurrences
- Exodus 2:15וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.here: and he heard
- Exodus 2:24וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSo God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.here: and he heard
- Exodus 3:7שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙shama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThe LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.here: I have heard
- Exodus 3:18וְשָׁמְע֖וּveshameuHc/Vqq3cpThe elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’here: and they will listen
- Exodus 4:1יִשְׁמְע֖וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”here: they will listen
- Exodus 4:8יִשְׁמְע֔וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.here: they will listen
- Exodus 4:9יִשְׁמְעוּן֙yishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunBut if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”here: they will listen !
- Exodus 4:31וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֡וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpand they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.here: and they heard
- Exodus 5:2אֶשְׁמַ֣עʾeshma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularBut Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”here: I will listen
- Exodus 6:5שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularFurthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.here: I have heard
- Exodus 6:9שָֽׁמְעוּ֙shameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralMoses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.here: they listened
- Exodus 6:12שָׁמְע֣וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”here: they have listened
- Exodus 6:12יִשְׁמָעֵ֣נִיyishmaeniverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”here: will he listen to me
- Exodus 6:30יִשְׁמַ֥עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”here: will he listen
- Exodus 7:4יִשְׁמַ֤עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularPharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.here: he will listen
- Exodus 7:13שָׁמַ֖עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularStill, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.here: he listened
- Exodus 7:16שָׁמַ֖עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThen say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.here: you have listened
- Exodus 7:22שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.here: he listened
- Exodus 8:15שָׁמַ֖עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.here: he listened
- Exodus 8:19שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.here: he listened
- Exodus 9:12שָׁמַ֖עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.here: he listened
- Exodus 11:9יִשְׁמַ֥עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”here: he will listen
- Exodus 15:14שָֽׁמְע֥וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.here: they have heard
- Exodus 15:26שָׁמ֨וֹעַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutesaying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”here: certainly [if] to listen
- Exodus 15:26תִּשְׁמַ֜עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularsaying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”here: you will listen
- Exodus 16:7בְּשָׁמְע֥וֹbeshameopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularand in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”here: because has heard he
- Exodus 16:8בִּשְׁמֹ֤עַbishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”here: because has heard
- Exodus 16:9שָׁמַ֔עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”here: he has heard
- Exodus 16:12שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”here: I have heard
- Exodus 16:20שָׁמְע֣וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.here: they listened
- Exodus 18:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֞עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msNow Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.here: and he heard
- Exodus 18:19שְׁמַ֤עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularNow listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.here: listen
- Exodus 18:24וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msMoses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.here: and he listened
- Exodus 19:5שָׁמ֤וֹעַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteNow if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.here: certainly [if] to listen
- Exodus 19:5תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙tishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralNow if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.here: you will listen
- Exodus 19:9יִשְׁמַ֤עyishma'verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.here: it may hear
- Exodus 20:19וְנִשְׁמָ֑עָהvenishmaahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”here: so let us listen
- Exodus 22:23שָׁמֹ֥עַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteIf you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.here: certainly to hear
- Exodus 22:23אֶשְׁמַ֖עʾeshma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularIf you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.here: I will hear
- Exodus 22:27וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖יveshama'tiHc/Vqq1csbecause his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.here: and I will hear
- Exodus 23:13יִשָּׁמַ֖עyishama'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularPay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.here: it will be heard
- Exodus 23:21וּשְׁמַ֥עushema'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularPay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.here: and listen
- Exodus 23:22שָׁמֹ֤עַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteBut if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.here: carefully to listen
- Exodus 23:22תִּשְׁמַע֙tishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBut if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.here: you will listen
- Exodus 24:7וְנִשְׁמָֽע׃venishma'HC/Vqu1cpThen he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”here: and we may obey
- Exodus 28:35וְנִשְׁמַ֣עvenishma'Hc/VNq3msAaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.here: and it will be heard
- Exodus 32:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֧עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”here: and he heard
- Exodus 32:18שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”here: [am] hearing
- Exodus 33:4וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.here: and it heard
Leviticus7 occurrences
- Leviticus 5:1וְשָֽׁמְעָה֙veshameahHc/Vqq3fs“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.here: and it will hear
- Leviticus 10:20וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.here: and he heard
- Leviticus 24:14הַשֹּׁמְעִ֛יםhashomeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.here: those [who] heard
- Leviticus 26:14תִשְׁמְע֖וּtishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralIf, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,here: you will listen
- Leviticus 26:18תִשְׁמְע֖וּtishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.here: you will listen
- Leviticus 26:21לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.here: to listen
- Leviticus 26:27תִשְׁמְע֖וּtishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,here: you will listen
Numbers32 occurrences
- Numbers 7:89וַיִּשְׁמַ֨עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.here: and he heard
- Numbers 9:8וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔הveeshmeahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.here: so let me hear
- Numbers 11:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSoon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.here: and he heard
- Numbers 11:10וַיִּשְׁמַ֨עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msThen Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.here: and he heard
- Numbers 12:2וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3ms“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.here: and he heard
- Numbers 12:6שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralHe said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.here: hear
- Numbers 14:13וְשָׁמְע֣וּveshameuHc/Vqq3cpBut Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.here: and they will hear
- Numbers 14:14שָֽׁמְעוּ֙shameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.here: they have heard
- Numbers 14:15שָׁמְע֥וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIf You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,here: they have heard
- Numbers 14:22שָׁמְע֖וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralnot one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—here: they have listened
- Numbers 14:27שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃shamaetiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.here: I have heard
- Numbers 16:4וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Moses heard this, he fell facedown.here: and he heard
- Numbers 16:8שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralMoses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!here: listen
- Numbers 20:10שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”here: listen
- Numbers 20:16וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msand when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.here: and he heard
- Numbers 21:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֞עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.here: and he heard
- Numbers 21:3וַיִּשְׁמַ֨עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.here: and he listened
- Numbers 22:36וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.here: and he heard
- Numbers 23:18וּֽשֲׁמָ֔עushama'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.here: and hear
- Numbers 24:4שֹׁמֵ֖עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:here: [the] [one who] hears
- Numbers 24:16שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:here: [the] [one who] hears
- Numbers 27:20יִשְׁמְע֔וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluralConfer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.here: they may hear
- Numbers 30:4וְשָׁמַ֨עveshama'Hc/Vqq3msand her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.here: and he will hear
- Numbers 30:5שָׁמְעוֹ֒shameoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.here: heard he
- Numbers 30:7וְשָׁמַ֥עveshama'Hc/Vqq3msand her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.here: and he will hear
- Numbers 30:7שָׁמְע֖וֹshameoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularand her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.here: hears he
- Numbers 30:8שְׁמֹ֣עַshemoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.here: hears
- Numbers 30:11וְשָׁמַ֤עveshama'Hc/Vqq3msand her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.here: and he will hear
- Numbers 30:12שָׁמְעוֹ֒shameoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.here: hears he
- Numbers 30:14שָׁמְעֽוֹ׃shameoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.here: heard he
- Numbers 30:15שָׁמְע֑וֹshameoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”here: has heard he
- Numbers 33:40וַיִּשְׁמַ֗עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msNow the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.here: and he heard
Deuteronomy91 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:16שָׁמֹ֤עַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteAt that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.here: hear
- Deuteronomy 1:17תִּשְׁמָע֔וּןtishmaunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunShow no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”here: you will listen !
- Deuteronomy 1:17וּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃ushema'tivHc/Vqq1cs/Sp3msShow no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”here: and I will hear it
- Deuteronomy 1:34וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,here: and he heard
- Deuteronomy 1:43שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshema'temverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralSo I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.here: you listened
- Deuteronomy 1:45שָׁמַ֤עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.here: he listened
- Deuteronomy 2:25יִשְׁמְעוּן֙yishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunThis very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”here: they will hear !
- Deuteronomy 3:26שָׁמַ֖עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.here: he listened
- Deuteronomy 4:1שְׁמַ֤עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularHear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.here: listen
- Deuteronomy 4:6יִשְׁמְע֗וּןyishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunObserve them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”here: they will hear !
- Deuteronomy 4:10וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖םveashmiemHC/Vhu1cs/Sp3mpThe day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”here: so I may make hear them
- Deuteronomy 4:12שֹׁמְעִ֔יםshomeimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.here: [were] hearing
- Deuteronomy 4:28יִשְׁמְע֔וּןyishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunAnd there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.here: they hear !
- Deuteronomy 4:30וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖veshama'taHc/Vqq2msWhen you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.here: and you will listen
- Deuteronomy 4:32הֲנִשְׁמַ֥עhanishma'question particle + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIndeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?here: ¿ has it been heard
- Deuteronomy 4:33הֲשָׁ֣מַֽעhashama'question particle + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHas a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?here: ¿ has it heard
- Deuteronomy 4:33שָׁמַ֥עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularHas a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?here: you have heard
- Deuteronomy 4:36הִשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥hishmiakhaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularHe let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.here: he caused to hear you
- Deuteronomy 4:36שָׁמַ֖עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularHe let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.here: you heard
- Deuteronomy 5:1שְׁמַ֤עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.here: hear
- Deuteronomy 5:23כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶ֤םkeshameakhempreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,here: when heard you
- Deuteronomy 5:24שָׁמַ֖עְנוּshama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluraland you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.here: we have heard
- Deuteronomy 5:25לִ֠שְׁמֹעַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.here: to hear
- Deuteronomy 5:26שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?here: he has heard
- Deuteronomy 5:27וּֽשֲׁמָ֔עushama'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularGo near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”here: and hear
- Deuteronomy 5:27וְשָׁמַ֥עְנוּveshama'nuHc/Vqq1cpGo near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”here: and we will listen
- Deuteronomy 5:28וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.here: and he heard
- Deuteronomy 5:28שָׁ֠מַעְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularAnd the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.here: I have heard
- Deuteronomy 6:3וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤veshama'taHc/Vqq2msHear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.here: and you will hear
- Deuteronomy 6:4שְׁמַ֖עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularHear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.here: hear
- Deuteronomy 7:12תִּשְׁמְע֗וּןtishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunIf you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.here: you will hear !
- Deuteronomy 8:20תִשְׁמְע֔וּןtishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunLike the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.here: you will listen !
- Deuteronomy 9:1שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularHear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.here: hear
- Deuteronomy 9:2שָׁמַ֔עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThe people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”here: you have heard
- Deuteronomy 9:19וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msFor I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.here: and he listened
- Deuteronomy 9:23שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshema'temverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.here: you listened
- Deuteronomy 10:10וַיִּשְׁמַ֨עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msI stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.here: and he listened
- Deuteronomy 11:13שָׁמֹ֤עַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteSo if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,here: certainly [if] to obey
- Deuteronomy 11:13תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙tishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralSo if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,here: you will obey
- Deuteronomy 11:27תִּשְׁמְע֗וּtishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plurala blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,here: you will obey
- Deuteronomy 11:28תִשְׁמְעוּ֙tishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralbut a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.here: you will obey
- Deuteronomy 12:28וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗veshama'taHc/Vqq2msBe careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.here: and you will hear
- Deuteronomy 13:3תִשְׁמַ֗עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularyou must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 13:4תִשְׁמָ֔עוּtishmauverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 13:8תִשְׁמַ֖עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularyou must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 13:11יִשְׁמְע֖וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.here: they will hear
- Deuteronomy 13:12תִשְׁמַ֞עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it saidhere: you will hear
- Deuteronomy 13:18תִשְׁמַ֗עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularbecause you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 15:5שָׁמ֣וֹעַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteif only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.here: certainly [if] listen
- Deuteronomy 15:5תִּשְׁמַ֔עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularif only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 17:4וְשָׁמָ֑עְתָּveshamaetaHc/Vqq2msand if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,here: and you will hear
- Deuteronomy 17:12שְׁמֹ֤עַshemoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.here: to listen
- Deuteronomy 17:13יִשְׁמְע֣וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.here: they will hear
- Deuteronomy 18:14יִשְׁמָ֑עוּyishmauverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThough these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.here: they listen
- Deuteronomy 18:15תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן׃tishmaunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunThe LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.here: you will listen !
- Deuteronomy 18:16לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙lishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”here: to hear
- Deuteronomy 18:19יִשְׁמַע֙yishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.here: he will listen
- Deuteronomy 19:20יִשְׁמְע֣וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.here: they will hear
- Deuteronomy 20:3שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularsaying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.here: hear
- Deuteronomy 21:18שֹׁמֵ֔עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularIf a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,here: [is] listening
- Deuteronomy 21:18יִשְׁמַ֖עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,here: he will listen
- Deuteronomy 21:20שֹׁמֵ֖עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularand say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”here: [is] listening
- Deuteronomy 21:21יִשְׁמְע֥וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.here: they will hear
- Deuteronomy 23:5לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.here: to listen
- Deuteronomy 26:7וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSo we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.here: and he heard
- Deuteronomy 26:14שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularI have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.here: I have listened
- Deuteronomy 26:17וְלִשְׁמֹ֥עַvelishmoa'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.here: and to listen
- Deuteronomy 27:9וּשְׁמַע֙ushema'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.here: and listen
- Deuteronomy 27:10וְשָׁ֣מַעְתָּ֔veshama'taHc/Vqq2msYou shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”here: and you will listen
- Deuteronomy 28:1שָׁמ֤וֹעַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.here: certainly [if] to listen
- Deuteronomy 28:1תִּשְׁמַע֙tishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 28:2תִשְׁמַ֔עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularAnd all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 28:13תִשְׁמַ֞עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularThe LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 28:15תִשְׁמַע֙tishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 28:45שָׁמַ֗עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularAll these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.here: you listened
- Deuteronomy 28:49תִשְׁמַ֖עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularThe LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,here: you will understand
- Deuteronomy 28:62שָׁמַ֔עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.here: you have listened
- Deuteronomy 29:4לִשְׁמֹ֑עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.here: to hear
- Deuteronomy 29:19בְּשָׁמְעוֹ֩beshameopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularbecause when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.here: when hears he
- Deuteronomy 30:2וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣veshama'taHc/Vqq2msand when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,here: and you will listen
- Deuteronomy 30:8וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖veshama'taHc/Vqq2msAnd you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.here: and you will listen
- Deuteronomy 30:10תִשְׁמַ֗עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularif you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 30:12וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּveyashmienuHC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bpIt is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’here: so he may make hear us
- Deuteronomy 30:13וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּveyashmienuHC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bpAnd it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’here: so he may make hear us
- Deuteronomy 30:17תִשְׁמָ֑עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBut if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,here: you will listen
- Deuteronomy 30:20לִשְׁמֹ֥עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”here: by listening
- Deuteronomy 31:12יִשְׁמְע֜וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluralAssemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.here: they may hear
- Deuteronomy 31:13יִשְׁמְעוּ֙yishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”here: they will hear
- Deuteronomy 32:1וְתִשְׁמַ֥עvetishma'HC/Vqu3fsGive ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.here: and it may hear
- Deuteronomy 33:7שְׁמַ֤עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularAnd concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”here: hear
- Deuteronomy 34:9וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpNow Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: and they listened
Joshua27 occurrences
- Joshua 1:17שָׁמַ֙עְנוּ֙shama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralJust as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.here: we listened
- Joshua 1:17נִשְׁמַ֣עnishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralJust as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.here: we will listen
- Joshua 1:18יִשְׁמַ֧עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”here: he will obey
- Joshua 2:10שָׁמַ֗עְנוּshama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralFor we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.here: we have heard
- Joshua 2:11וַנִּשְׁמַע֙vanishma'Hc/Vqw1cpWhen we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.here: and we heard
- Joshua 3:9וְשִׁמְע֕וּveshimuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSo Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”here: and hear
- Joshua 5:1כִשְׁמֹ֣עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.here: when heard
- Joshua 5:6שָׁמְע֖וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: they had listened
- Joshua 6:5כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙keshameakhempreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”here: just as hear you
- Joshua 6:10תַשְׁמִ֣יעוּtashmiuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”here: you must make heard
- Joshua 6:20כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.here: when heard
- Joshua 7:9וְיִשְׁמְע֣וּveyishmeuHC/Vqu3mpWhen the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”here: and they may hear
- Joshua 9:1כִשְׁמֹ֣עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—here: when heard
- Joshua 9:3שָׁמְע֗וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,here: they heard
- Joshua 9:9שָׁמַ֣עְנוּshama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common plural“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,here: we have heard
- Joshua 9:16וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֗וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpThree days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.here: and they heard
- Joshua 10:1כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.here: when heard
- Joshua 10:14לִשְׁמֹ֥עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.here: to listen
- Joshua 11:1כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַkishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;here: when heard
- Joshua 14:12שָׁמַעְתָּ֩shama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularNow therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”here: you heard
- Joshua 22:2וַתִּשְׁמְע֣וּvatishmeuHc/Vqw2mpand told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.here: and you have listened
- Joshua 22:11וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpThen the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”here: and they heard
- Joshua 22:12וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpAnd when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.here: and they heard
- Joshua 22:30וַיִּשְׁמַ֞עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.here: and he heard
- Joshua 24:10לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.here: to listen
- Joshua 24:24נִשְׁמָֽע׃nishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralSo the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”here: we will listen
- Joshua 24:27שָׁמְעָ֗הshameahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularAnd Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”here: it has heard
Judges24 occurrences
- Judges 2:2שְׁמַעְתֶּ֥םshema'temverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluraland you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?here: you have listened
- Judges 2:17שָׁמֵ֔עוּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIsrael, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.here: they listened
- Judges 2:17לִשְׁמֹ֥עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.here: to obey
- Judges 2:20שָׁמְע֖וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSo the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,here: they have listened
- Judges 3:4הֲיִשְׁמְעוּ֙hayishmeuquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThese nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.here: ¿ will they obey
- Judges 5:3שִׁמְע֣וּshimuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralListen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.here: hear
- Judges 5:16לִשְׁמֹ֖עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.here: to hear
- Judges 6:10שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshema'temverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”here: you have listened
- Judges 7:11וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙veshama'taHc/Vqq2msand listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.here: and you will hear
- Judges 7:15כִשְׁמֹ֨עַkhishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”here: when heard
- Judges 9:7שִׁמְע֤וּshimuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralWhen this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.here: listen
- Judges 9:7וְיִשְׁמַ֥עveyishma'HC/Vqu3msWhen this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.here: so he may listen
- Judges 9:30וַיִּשְׁמַ֗עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.here: and he heard
- Judges 9:46וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpOn hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.here: and they heard
- Judges 11:10שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”here: hearing
- Judges 11:17שָׁמַע֙shama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.here: he listened
- Judges 11:28שָׁמַ֔עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.here: he listened
- Judges 13:9וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.here: and he listened
- Judges 13:23הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּhishmianuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralBut his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”here: he caused to hear us
- Judges 14:13וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃venishmaenahHC/Vqu1cp/Sp3fsBut if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”here: so we may hear it
- Judges 18:25תַּשְׁמַ֥עtashma'verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularThe Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”here: you make heard
- Judges 19:25לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.here: to listen
- Judges 20:3וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙vaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mp(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”here: and they heard
- Judges 20:13לִשְׁמֹ֕עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.here: to listen
Ruth2 occurrences
- Ruth 1:6שָֽׁמְעָה֙shameahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularWhen Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.here: she had heard
- Ruth 2:8שָׁמַ֣עַתְּshamaatverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularThen Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.here: have you heard
1 Samuel65 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:13יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַyishamea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunkhere: it was heard
- 1 Samuel 2:22וְשָׁמַ֗עveshama'Hc/Vqq3msNow Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 2:23שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.here: [am] hearing
- 1 Samuel 2:24שֹׁמֵ֔עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularNo, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.here: [am] hearing
- 1 Samuel 2:25יִשְׁמְעוּ֙yishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralIf a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.here: they listened
- 1 Samuel 3:9שֹׁמֵ֖עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.here: [is] listening
- 1 Samuel 3:10שֹׁמֵ֖עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”here: [is] listening
- 1 Samuel 3:11שֹׁ֣מְע֔וֹshomeoverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.here: [one who] hears it
- 1 Samuel 4:6וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpOn hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,here: and they heard
- 1 Samuel 4:14וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msEli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 4:19וַתִּשְׁמַ֣עvatishma'Hc/Vqw3fsNow Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.here: and she heard
- 1 Samuel 7:7וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpWhen the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistineshere: and they heard
- 1 Samuel 7:7וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙vaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpWhen the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistineshere: and they heard
- 1 Samuel 8:7שְׁמַע֙shema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularAnd the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.here: listen
- 1 Samuel 8:9שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularNow listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”here: listen
- 1 Samuel 8:19לִשְׁמֹ֖עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.here: to listen
- 1 Samuel 8:21וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSamuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 8:22שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”here: listen
- 1 Samuel 9:27וְאַשְׁמִיעֲךָ֖veashmiakhaHC/Vhu1cs/Sp2msAs they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.here: so I may make hear you
- 1 Samuel 11:6כְּשָׁמְע֖וֹkeshameovpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.here: just as heard he
- 1 Samuel 12:1שָׁמַ֣עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.here: I have listened
- 1 Samuel 12:14וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֣םushema'temHc/Vqq2mpIf you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.here: and you will listen
- 1 Samuel 12:15תִשְׁמְעוּ֙tishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.here: you will listen
- 1 Samuel 13:3וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpThen Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”here: and they heard
- 1 Samuel 13:3יִשְׁמְע֖וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThen Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”here: let them hear
- 1 Samuel 13:4שָׁמְע֣וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.here: they heard
- 1 Samuel 14:22שָֽׁמְע֔וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWhen all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle.here: they heard
- 1 Samuel 14:27שָׁמַ֗עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.here: he had heard
- 1 Samuel 15:1שְׁמַ֔עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.here: listen
- 1 Samuel 15:4וַיְשַׁמַּ֤עvayshama'Hc/Vpw3msSo Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.here: and he summoned
- 1 Samuel 15:14שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”here: [am] hearing
- 1 Samuel 15:19שָׁמַ֖עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularSo why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”here: did you listen
- 1 Samuel 15:20שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙shama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.here: I listened
- 1 Samuel 15:22כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַkishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.here: like listening
- 1 Samuel 15:22שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙shemoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.here: to obey
- 1 Samuel 15:24וָאֶשְׁמַ֖עvaeshma'Hc/Vqw1csThen Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.here: and I listened
- 1 Samuel 16:2וְשָׁמַ֥עveshama'Hc/Vqq3ms“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’here: and he will hear
- 1 Samuel 17:11וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msOn hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 17:23וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAnd as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 17:28וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 17:31וַיְּשָּֽׁמְעוּ֙vaiyeshameuHc/VNw3mpNow David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.here: and they were heard
- 1 Samuel 19:6וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSaul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”here: and he listened
- 1 Samuel 22:1וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpSo David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.here: and they heard
- 1 Samuel 22:6וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSoon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 22:7שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?here: listen
- 1 Samuel 22:12שְֽׁמַֽע־shema'-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.here: listen
- 1 Samuel 23:8וַיְשַׁמַּ֥עvayshama'Hc/Vpw3msThen Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.here: and he summoned
- 1 Samuel 23:10שָׁמֹ֤עַshamoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteAnd David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.here: certainly to hear
- 1 Samuel 23:10שָׁמַע֙shama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.here: he has heard
- 1 Samuel 23:11שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWill the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.here: he has heard
- 1 Samuel 23:25וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msand Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 24:9תִשְׁמַ֛עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularand said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?here: do you listen to
- 1 Samuel 25:4וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhile David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 25:7שָׁמַ֔עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularNow I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.here: I have heard
- 1 Samuel 25:24וּשְׁמַ֕עushema'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularShe fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.here: and hear
- 1 Samuel 25:35שָׁמַ֣עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”here: I have listened
- 1 Samuel 25:39וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msOn hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.here: and he heard
- 1 Samuel 26:19יִֽשְׁמַֽע־yishma'-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularNow please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’here: let him hear
- 1 Samuel 28:18שָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙shama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularBecause you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.here: you listened
- 1 Samuel 28:21שָׁמְעָ֤הshameahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularWhen the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.here: she has listened
- 1 Samuel 28:21וָֽאֶשְׁמַע֙vaeshma'Hc/Vqw1csWhen the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.here: and I have listened to
- 1 Samuel 28:22שְׁמַֽע־shema'-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularNow please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”here: listen
- 1 Samuel 28:23וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msSaul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.here: and he listened
- 1 Samuel 30:24יִשְׁמַ֣עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWho will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”here: will he listen
- 1 Samuel 31:11וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpWhen the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,here: and they heard
2 Samuel33 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:28וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msAfterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.here: and he heard
- 2 Samuel 4:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msNow when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.here: and he heard
- 2 Samuel 5:17וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mpWhen the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.here: and they heard
- 2 Samuel 5:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.here: and he heard
- 2 Samuel 5:24כְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֞keshameakhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAs soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”here: just as hearing you
- 2 Samuel 7:22שָׁמַ֖עְנוּshama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralHow great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.here: we have heard
- 2 Samuel 8:9וַיִּשְׁמַ֕עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msWhen King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,here: and he heard
- 2 Samuel 10:7וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msOn hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.here: and he heard
- 2 Samuel 11:26וַתִּשְׁמַע֙vatishma'Hc/Vqw3fsWhen Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.here: and she heard
- 2 Samuel 12:18שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularOn the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”here: he listened
- 2 Samuel 13:14לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.here: to listen
- 2 Samuel 13:16לִשְׁמֹ֥עַֽlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.here: to listen
- 2 Samuel 13:21שָׁמַ֕עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen King David heard all this, he was furious.here: he heard
- 2 Samuel 14:16יִשְׁמַ֣עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’here: he will hear
- 2 Samuel 14:17לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙lishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”here: to hear
- 2 Samuel 15:3וְשֹׁמֵ֥עַveshomea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAbsalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”here: and [one who] hears
- 2 Samuel 15:10כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙keshameakhempreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”here: when hear you
- 2 Samuel 15:35תִּשְׁמַע֙tishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWill not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.here: you will hear
- 2 Samuel 15:36תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃tishmauverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralIndeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”here: you will hear
- 2 Samuel 16:21וְשָׁמַ֤עveshama'Hc/Vqq3msAhithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”here: and it will hear
- 2 Samuel 17:5וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥הvenishmeahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralThen Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”here: so let us hear
- 2 Samuel 17:9וְשָׁמַ֤עveshama'Hc/Vqq3msSurely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’here: and he will hear
- 2 Samuel 17:9הַשֹּׁמֵ֙עַ֙hashomea'the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSurely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’here: the [one who] hears
- 2 Samuel 18:5שָׁמְע֗וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralNow the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.here: they heard
- 2 Samuel 19:2שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”here: it heard
- 2 Samuel 19:35אֶשְׁמַ֣עʾeshma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?here: will I hear
- 2 Samuel 20:16שִׁמְע֤וּshimuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plurala wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”here: listen
- 2 Samuel 20:16שִׁמְעוּ֙shimuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plurala wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”here: listen
- 2 Samuel 20:17שְׁמַע֙shema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularWhen he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.here: listen to
- 2 Samuel 20:17שֹׁמֵ֥עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.here: [am] listening
- 2 Samuel 22:7וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3msIn my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.here: and he heard
- 2 Samuel 22:45לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.here: to hear
- 2 Samuel 22:45יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּyishameuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralForeigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.here: they became obedient
1 Kings29 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:11שָׁמַ֔עַתְּshamaatverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularhere: have you heard
- 1 Kings 1:41וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3mshere: and he heard
- 1 Kings 1:41וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3mshere: and he heard
- 1 Kings 1:45שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃shema'temverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralhere: you have heard
- 1 Kings 2:42שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃shamaetiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularhere: I have heard
- 1 Kings 3:9שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: [which] listens
- 1 Kings 3:11לִשְׁמֹ֥עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: to hear
- 1 Kings 3:28וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvaiyishmeuHc/Vqw3mphere: and they heard
- 1 Kings 4:34לִשְׁמֹ֕עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: to hear
- 1 Kings 4:34שָׁמְע֖וּshameuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralhere: they had heard
- 1 Kings 5:1שָׁמַ֔עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he had heard
- 1 Kings 5:7כִּשְׁמֹ֧עַkishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: when heard
- 1 Kings 5:8שָׁמַ֕עְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularhere: I have heard
- 1 Kings 6:7נִשְׁמַ֥עnishma'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: it was heard
- 1 Kings 8:28לִשְׁמֹ֤עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: to listen
- 1 Kings 8:29לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙lishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: to listen
- 1 Kings 8:30וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜veshama'taHc/Vqq2mshere: and you will listen
- 1 Kings 8:30תִּשְׁמַ֞עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will listen
- 1 Kings 8:30וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖veshama'taHc/Vqq2mshere: and you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:32תִּשְׁמַ֣עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:34תִּשְׁמַ֣עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:36תִּשְׁמַ֣עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:39תִּשְׁמַ֨עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:42יִשְׁמְעוּן֙yishmeunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunhere: they will hear !
- 1 Kings 8:43תִּשְׁמַ֤עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:45וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙veshama'taHc/Vqq2mshere: and you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:49וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤veshama'taHc/Vqq2mshere: and you will hear
- 1 Kings 8:52לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: to listen
- 1 Kings 9:3שָׁ֠מַעְתִּיshama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularhere: I have heard
Psalms79 occurrences
- Psalms 4:1וּשְׁמַ֥עushema'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: and hear
- Psalms 4:3יִ֝שְׁמַ֗עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he will hear
- Psalms 5:3תִּשְׁמַ֣עtishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you hear
- Psalms 6:8שָׁמַ֥עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he has heard
- Psalms 6:9שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he has heard
- Psalms 10:17שָׁמַ֣עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you have heard
- Psalms 17:1שִׁמְעָ֤הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 17:6שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 18:6יִשְׁמַ֣עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he heard
- Psalms 18:44יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּyishameuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralhere: they become obedient
- Psalms 19:3נִשְׁמָ֥עnishma'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: [is] heard
- Psalms 22:24שָׁמֵֽעַ׃shamea'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he heard
- Psalms 26:7לַ֭שְׁמִעַlashmia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)here: to make heard
- Psalms 27:7שְׁמַע־shema'-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 28:2שְׁמַ֤עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 28:6שָׁ֝מַעshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he has heard
- Psalms 30:10שְׁמַע־shema'-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 31:13שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי׀shama'tiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularhere: I have heard
- Psalms 31:22שָׁ֭מַעְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you heard
- Psalms 34:2יִשְׁמְע֖וּyishmeuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralhere: let them hear
- Psalms 34:6שָׁמֵ֑עַshamea'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he heard
- Psalms 34:11שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralhere: listen
- Psalms 34:17שָׁמֵ֑עַshamea'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he hears
- Psalms 38:13אֶשְׁמָ֑עʾeshma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularhere: I hear
- Psalms 38:14שֹׁמֵ֑עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: [is] hearing
- Psalms 39:12שִֽׁמְעָ֥ה־shimah-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 40:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3mshere: and he heard
- Psalms 44:1שָׁמַ֗עְנוּshama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralhere: we have heard
- Psalms 45:10שִׁמְעִי־shimi-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularhere: listen
- Psalms 48:8שָׁמַ֨עְנוּ׀shama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralhere: we have heard
- Psalms 49:1שִׁמְעוּ־shimu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralhere: hear
- Psalms 50:7שִׁמְעָ֤הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 51:8תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִיtashmieniverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularhere: you will make hear me
- Psalms 54:2שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 55:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvaiyishma'Hc/Vqw3mshere: and he heard
- Psalms 55:19יִשְׁמַ֤ע׀yishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he will hear
- Psalms 58:5יִ֭שְׁמַעyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: it listens
- Psalms 59:7שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃shomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: [is] hearing
- Psalms 61:1שִׁמְעָ֣הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 61:5שָׁמַ֣עְתָּshama'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you have listened
- Psalms 62:11שָׁמָ֑עְתִּיshamaetiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularhere: I have heard
- Psalms 64:1שְׁמַע־shema'-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 65:2שֹׁמֵ֥עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: O [you who] hear
- Psalms 66:8וְ֝הַשְׁמִ֗יעוּvehashmiuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralhere: and make heard
- Psalms 66:16שִׁמְע֣וּshimuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralhere: listen
- Psalms 66:18יִשְׁמַ֣ע׀yishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he will listen
- Psalms 66:19שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he has heard
- Psalms 69:33שֹׁמֵ֣עַshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: [is] listening
- Psalms 76:8הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּhishma'taverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you proclaimed
- Psalms 78:3שָׁ֭מַעְנוּshama'nuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralhere: we have heard
- Psalms 78:21שָׁמַ֥עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he heard
- Psalms 78:59שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he heard
- Psalms 81:5אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ʾeshma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularhere: I heard
- Psalms 81:8שְׁמַ֣עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: listen
- Psalms 81:8תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־tishma'-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularhere: you will listen
- Psalms 81:11שָׁמַ֣עshama'verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: it listened
- Psalms 81:13שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽshomea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhere: [will be] listening
- Psalms 84:8שִׁמְעָ֣הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 85:8אֶשְׁמְעָ֗הʾeshmeahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularhere: I will listen to
- Psalms 92:11תִּשְׁמַ֥עְנָהtishma'nahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralhere: they have heard
- Psalms 94:9יִשְׁמָ֑עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: does he hear
- Psalms 95:7תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃tishmauverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralhere: you will listen
- Psalms 97:8שָׁמְעָ֬הshameahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularhere: it hears
- Psalms 102:1שִׁמְעָ֣הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 102:20לִ֭שְׁמֹעַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: to hear
- Psalms 103:20לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗עַlishmoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)here: by obeying
- Psalms 106:2יַ֝שְׁמִ֗יעַyashmia'verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: will he proclaim?
- Psalms 106:25שָׁ֝מְע֗וּshamuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralhere: they listened
- Psalms 106:44בְּ֝שָׁמְע֗וֹbeshameopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularhere: when heard he
- Psalms 115:6יִשְׁמָ֑עוּyishmauverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralhere: they hear
- Psalms 116:1יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀yishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he has heard
- Psalms 119:149שִׁמְעָ֣הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: hear !
- Psalms 130:2שִׁמְעָ֪הshimahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hehere: listen !
- Psalms 132:6שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָshemaanuhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularhere: we heard of it
- Psalms 138:4שָׁ֝מְע֗וּshamuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralhere: they have heard
- Psalms 141:6וְשָׁמְע֥וּveshameuHc/Vqq3cphere: and they will hear
- Psalms 143:1שְׁמַ֬עshema'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularhere: hear
- Psalms 143:8הַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִיhashmieniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularhere: make hear me
- Psalms 145:19יִ֝שְׁמַ֗עyishma'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularhere: he hears