Word Study · Strong's H8087 · Hebrew
שֶׁמַע
Shema
sheh'-mah
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shemaʻ
“Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shema.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְשֶׁ֣מַע1
- וְשֶׁ֡מַע1
- וָשֶׁ֔מַע1
- וָשָֽׁמַע׃1
- שֶׁ֖מַע1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Shema4
- Shema1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 4
- HNpm · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:43וָשָֽׁמַע׃vashama'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Hebron:here: and Shema
- 1 Chronicles 2:44וְשֶׁ֣מַעveshema'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.here: and Shema
- 1 Chronicles 5:8שֶׁ֖מַעshema'proper noun (a name)Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.here: Shema
- 1 Chronicles 8:13וָשֶׁ֔מַעvashema'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).here: and Shema