שָׁמַע

sha.ma

Hebrew H8085 Verb 1,159 occurrences in 1,072 verses
שָׁמַע to hear: hear

v

1. to hear, listen to, obey

a. (Qal)

1. to hear (perceive by ear)

2. to hear of or concerning

3. to hear (have power to hear)

4. to hear with attention or interest, listen to

5. to understand (language)

6. to hear (of judicial cases)

7. to listen, give heed

a. to consent, agree

b. to grant request

8. to listen to, yield to

9. to obey, be obedient

b. (Niphal)

1. to be heard (of voice or sound)

2. to be heard of

3. to be regarded, be obeyed

c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon

d. (Hiphil)

1. to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound

2. to sound aloud (musical term)

3. to make proclamation, summon

4. to cause to be heard

n m

2. sound

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 1,072 verses

  1. Exodus 32:18 שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃

    But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

  2. Exodus 33:4 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

  3. Leviticus 5:1 וְשָֽׁמְעָה֙

    “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.

  4. Leviticus 10:20 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

  5. Leviticus 24:14 הַשֹּׁמְעִ֛ים

    “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.

  6. Leviticus 26:14 תִשְׁמְע֖וּ

    If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

  7. Leviticus 26:18 תִשְׁמְע֖וּ

    And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

  8. Leviticus 26:21 לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ

    If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

  9. Leviticus 26:27 תִשְׁמְע֖וּ

    But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

  10. Numbers 7:89 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע

    When 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.

  11. Numbers 9:8 וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔ה

    “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

  12. Numbers 11:1 וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע

    Soon 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.

  13. Numbers 11:10 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע

    Then 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.

  14. Numbers 12:2 וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע

    “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

  15. Numbers 12:6 שִׁמְעוּ־

    He 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.

  16. Numbers 14:13 וְשָׁמְע֣וּ

    But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.

  17. Numbers 14:14 שָֽׁמְעוּ֙

    And 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.

  18. Numbers 14:15 שָׁמְע֥וּ

    If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

  19. Numbers 14:22 שָׁמְע֖וּ

    not 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—

  20. Numbers 14:27 שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

    “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

  21. Numbers 16:4 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.

  22. Numbers 16:8 שִׁמְעוּ־

    Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!

  23. Numbers 20:10 שִׁמְעוּ־

    Then 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?”

  24. Numbers 20:16 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    and 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.

  25. Numbers 21:1 וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע

    When 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.

  26. Numbers 21:3 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע

    And 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.

  27. Numbers 22:36 וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע

    When 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.

  28. Numbers 23:18 וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע

    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

  29. Numbers 24:4 שֹׁמֵ֖עַ

    the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

  30. Numbers 24:16 שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙

    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:

  31. Numbers 27:20 יִשְׁמְע֔וּ

    Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.

  32. Numbers 30:4 וְשָׁמַ֨ע

    and 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.

  33. Numbers 30:5 שָׁמְעוֹ֒

    But 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.

  34. Numbers 30:7 וְשָׁמַ֥עשָׁמְע֖וֹ

    and 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.

  35. Numbers 30:8 שְׁמֹ֣עַ

    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.

  36. Numbers 30:11 וְשָׁמַ֤ע

    and 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.

  37. Numbers 30:12 שָׁמְעוֹ֒

    But 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.

  38. Numbers 30:14 שָׁמְעֽוֹ׃

    But 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.

  39. Numbers 30:15 שָׁמְע֑וֹ

    But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”

  40. Numbers 33:40 וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע

    Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

  41. Deuteronomy 1:16 שָׁמֹ֤עַ

    At 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.

  42. Deuteronomy 1:17 תִּשְׁמָע֔וּןוּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃

    Show 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.”

  43. Deuteronomy 1:34 וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע

    When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

  44. Deuteronomy 1:43 שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם

    So 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.

  45. Deuteronomy 1:45 שָׁמַ֤ע

    And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

  46. Deuteronomy 2:25 יִשְׁמְעוּן֙

    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.”

  47. Deuteronomy 3:26 שָׁמַ֖ע

    But 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.

  48. Deuteronomy 4:1 שְׁמַ֤ע

    Hear 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.

  49. Deuteronomy 4:6 יִשְׁמְע֗וּן

    Observe 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.”

  50. Deuteronomy 4:10 וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖ם

    The 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.”

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