Hear
(1) to hear (State/Process), (2) to listen (Action), or (3) to cause to hear (Causative), e.g. שׁמע
Meanings in this domain
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Grouped by grammar
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
903 occurrences in 141 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 153
- Not stated: you (more than one) 149
- Not stated: he, she or it 74
- Not stated: I 73
- Not stated: they 57
- Not stated (infinitive) 35
- Other words · 102 groups that occur once or twice (124) 124
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
506 occurrences in 144 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 99
- קוֹלvoice, sound 97
- אֹזֶןear 32
- תְּפִלָּהprayer 18
- זֹאתthis 15
- דָבַרto speak, to say 12
- Other words · 109 groups that occur once or twice (128) 128
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
14 occurrences in 9 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 4
- קוֹלvoice, sound 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
255 occurrences in 153 groups
- לto/for+ אָמַרto say 16
- לto/for+ נִיme 14
- אֵלto, toward+ נִיme 13
- בin/on/with+ אֹזֶןear 12
- מִןfrom+ שָׁמַיִםheaven, sky 9
- בin/on/with+ קוֹלvoice, sound 8
- Other words · 134 groups that occur once or twice (156) 156
With adverbsAdverbs
82 occurrences in 9 groups
- לֹאnot 62
- אַלnot, do not 8
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 8
- אַיִןthere is no, not 4
- Other words · 5 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
30 occurrences in 18 groups
- אֹזֶןear 4
- ךָyour 4
- הוּhis 4
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
10 occurrences in 5 groups
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 4
- טוֹבgood 2
- רַעevil, bad 2
- חָזָהto see, to look at 1
- רַבmany, great 1
Named alongside itApposition
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- עֶבֶדservant, slave 3
- בָּשַׂרto bring news 1
- עַםpeople 1
What it doesIt is the subject
14 occurrences in 10 groups
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 4
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What is done to itIt is the object
33 occurrences in 9 groups
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 18
- אָמַרto say 5
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בִּיןto understand, to discern 1
What it is said to bePredicate
10 occurrences in 4 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 6
- טוֹבgood 2
- מִצְרַיִםEgypt 1
- וֹhim 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
93 occurrences in 7 groups
- כlike/as 53
- לto/for 29
- מִןfrom 8
- בin/on/with 8
- אֵלto, toward 5
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- נְאֻםdeclaration, utterance 2
- אֹזֶןear 1
- קוֹלvoice, sound 1
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.