Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8088
שֵׁמַע
shemashay'-mah
sound; report
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shêmaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8088is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8088
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
The King James renders it: bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
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 "sound; report". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "sound".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 29:13When 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.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 29:13שֵׁ֣מַע׀
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: sound, and report.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| soundStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 29:13When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him… |
| reportStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- report of3
- report your3
- report their2
- to hearing of2
- a report1
- a report of1
- according to a report1
- like report of1
- of report your1
- report its1
- report my1
- sound1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 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
- שֵׁ֣מַע2
- כְּשֵׁ֥מַע1
- כְּשֵׁ֖מַע1
- לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע1
- לְשֵֽׁמַע־1
- שֵׁ֥מַע1
- שֵׁ֖מַע1
- שָׁ֑מַע1
- שֵׁ֣מַע׀1
- שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃1
- שִׁמְעִי֙1
- שִׁמְעֲךָ֖1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
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.
- שֵׁ֣מַע׀shema'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: report of
Exodus
one use
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- שֵׁ֣מַעshema'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a report of
Numbers
one use
If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
- שִׁמְעֲךָ֖shimakhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: report your
Deuteronomy
one use
This 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.”
- שִׁמְעֲךָ֔shimakhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: report your
1 Kings
one use
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- שֵׁ֥מַעshema'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: report of
2 Chronicles
one use
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
- שֵׁ֣מַעshema'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: report of
Job
two uses
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
- שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃shimahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: report its
My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
- לְשֵֽׁמַע־leshema'-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to hearing of
Psalms
two uses
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
- לְשֵׁ֣מַֽעleshema'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to hearing of
Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
- שָׁ֑מַעshama'noun · masculine singulartagged: sound
Isaiah
three uses
When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
- שֵׁ֖מַעshema'noun · masculine singulartagged: a report
- כְּשֵׁ֥מַעkeshema'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like report of
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
- שִׁמְעִי֙shiminoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: report my
Jeremiah
two uses
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
- שִׁמְעָ֔םshimamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: report their
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- שִׁמְעָ֖םshimamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: report their
Hosea
one use
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- כְּשֵׁ֖מַעkeshema'preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: according to a report
Nahum
one use
There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
- שִׁמְעֲךָ֗shimakhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: of report your
Habakkuk
one use
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- שִׁמְעֲךָ֮shimakhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: report your
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.