Word

שֵׁמַע

shêmaʻ · H8088 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

news, report, rumor, tidings

Newly received or noteworthy information about recent events

Examples
Genesis 29:13 So when Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Then he told Laban all these things.
Exodus 23:1 “You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.
Deuteronomy 2:25 ‘This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the faces of people everywhere, who, when they hear the news of you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

15 occurrences in 9 groups

ךָyour 4
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What is done to itIt is the object

11 occurrences in 2 groups

שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 10
נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִצְרַיִםEgypt 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

כlike/as 4
לto/for 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

צְלָצַלlocust 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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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀκοή akoḗ · G189 · to hear, hearing, ability to hear: ἀκοή (akoḗ, G189) ἀκοή denotes hearing (both the act/sense and what is heard), serving as the standard Greek equivalent for שֵׁמַע (shêmaʻ, H8088) שֵׁמַע in contexts of report, news, or the faculty of hearing itself.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Hear002004001003: This noun denotes a report that reaches the ears, as in Numbers 14:15's warning that the nations who have heard of the LORD's fame will draw a conclusion from how He treats His people.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ · H8085 · to hear, to listen, to cause to hear · 1159×שֵׁמַעshêmaʻ · H8088שְׁמַע shᵉmaʻ · H8086 · hear, obey · 9×מִשְׁמַעַת mishmaʻath · H4928 · subjects, guard, bodyguard (both in the collective sense) · 4×שֹׁמַע shômaʻ · H8089 · news, report, rumor · 4×הַשְׁמָעוּת hashmâʻûwth · H2045 · news, report, rumor · 1×מִשְׁמָע mishmâʻ · H4926 · news, report, rumor · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8088. shema I. [שֶׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] sound; — שָׁ֑מַע בְּצִלְצְלֵי הַלְלוּהוּ Psa…

H8088. shema
I. [שֶׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] sound; — שָׁ֑מַע בְּצִלְצְלֵי הַלְלוּהוּ Psa 150:5 (|| תְּרוּעָה).
שֵׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] hearing, report (on from compare LagBN 143); — ׳שׁ absolute Isa 23:5; construct Isa 23:5 +; suffix שִׁמְעִי Isa 66:19 etc.; — report, usually with Genitive object: accusative with שְׁמַע Gen 29:13 (J) the tidings about Jacob, Isa 23:5 +? Num 14:15 (JE), Deu 2:25; 1Ki 10:1= 2Ch 9:1; Nah 3:19; Hab 3:2; Jer 37:5; Jer 50:43; Isa 66:9; with ל Genitive Isa 23:5; לַעֲדָתָם Hos 7:12 usually according to the report (heard by) their congregation (!), but inexplicable and probably corrupt, We Now; Marti (compare Oettli) עַלרָֿעָתָם (כְּשֵׁמַע as gloss) according to their wickedness; שׁ ׳נָשָׂא שָׁוְא Exo 23:1 (E) take up (utter) a false report; ׳לְשׁ אֹוָן Psa 18:45 i.e. as soon as heard of, = mere report Job 42:5 (opposed to personal knowledge), compare שִׁמְעָהּ Job 28:22.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Hear17 occurrences

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.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0