Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H8086
שְׁמַע
shemashem-ah'
to hear
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shᵉmaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8086is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8086
{to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)}
The King James renders it: hear, obey.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shema is rendered "to hear". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Nine of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 3:5As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
Daniel 3:5תִשְׁמְע֡וּן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's nine uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- hearing2
- you will hear2
- and I have heard1
- he heard1
- he will hear1
- I have heard1
- so they may obey1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמֹנֶה | shemoneh | eight | Uses109 |
| שְׁמָמָה | shemamah | devastation | Uses57 |
| שְׁמֹנִים | shemonim | eighty | Uses38 |
| שְׁמִינִי | shemini | eighth | Uses28 |
| שְׁמוּעָה | shemuah | tidings | Uses27 |
| שְׁמִטָּה | shemittah | remission | Uses5 |
| שְׁמַד | shemad | to destroy | Uses1 |
| שְׁמַם | shemam | be appalled | Uses1 |
| שְׁמַשׁ | shemash | to minister | Uses1 |
| שְׁמֻרָה | shemurah | waking | Uses1 |
| שְׁמִינִית | sheminith | Sheminith | Uses1 |
| שְׁמִידָעִי | Shemidai | Shemidaite | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תִשְׁמְע֡וּן2
- וְיִֽשְׁתַּמְּעֽוּן׃1
- וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת1
- יִשְׁמַ֡ע1
- שְׁמַ֗ע1
- שָֽׁמְעִ֣ין1
- שָׁמְעִ֛ין1
- שִׁמְעֵ֣ת1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2AVqi2mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2AVqrmpa
- AC/VMu3mp1AC/VMu3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1AC/Vqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1AVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVqp3ms
Daniel
nine uses
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
- תִשְׁמְע֡וּןtishmeunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will hear
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- שָֽׁמְעִ֣יןshameinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: hearing
You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
- יִשְׁמַ֡עyishma'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will hear
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- תִשְׁמְע֡וּןtishmeunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will hear
I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
- וְשִׁמְעֵ֣תveshimetconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I have heard
But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- שִׁמְעֵ֣תshimetverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have heard
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- שָׁמְעִ֛יןshameinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: hearing
As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.
- שְׁמַ֗עshema'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he heard
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
- וְיִֽשְׁתַּמְּעֽוּן׃veyishtameunAC/VMu3mptagged: so they may obey
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.