שֵׁמַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8088

hearing — used 17 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hearing tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׁ֫מַע: hearing, report tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] hearing, report (on form cf. LagBN 143);—שׁ׳ abs. Is 23:5; cstr. v 5 +; sf. שִׁמְעִי 66:19, etc.;—report, usually c. genit. obj.: acc. with שָׁמַע Gn 29:13 (J) the tidings about Jacob, Is 23:5 + (c. sf.) Nu 14:15 (JE), Dt 2:25; 1 K 10:1 = 2 Ch 9:1; Na 3:19; Hb 3:2; Je 37:5; 50:43; Is 66:19, c. ל genit. Is 23:5; לַעֲדָתָם Ho 7:12 usually according to the report (heard by) their congregation (!), but inexpl. and prob. corrupt, We Now; Marti (cf. Oettli) עַל־רָעָתָם (כְּשֵׁמַע as gloss) according to their wickedness; נָשָׂא שׁ׳ שָׁוְא Ex 23:1 (E) take up (utter) a false report; לְשׁ׳ אֹזֶן ψ 18:45 i.e. as soon as heard of, = mere report Jb 42:5 (opp. personal knowledge), cf. שִׁמְעָהּ 28:22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: report (8); the report (4); a report (2).

In the verses

Isaiah 23:5 · tree →

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שֵׁ֖מַע לְמִצְרָ֑יִם יָחִ֖ילוּ כְּשֵׁ֥מַע צֹֽר׃

Word for word: when a.report [is].to Egypt people.will.be.in.anguish like the.report of.Tyre

JPS 1917: When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

Job 28:22 · tree →

אֲבַדּ֣וֹן וָ֭מָוֶת אָ֣מְר֑וּ בְּ֝אָזְנֵ֗ינוּ שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃

Word for word: Abaddon and death they.say with ears our we.have.heard report its

JPS 1917: Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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