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שָׁמַע

sha.mato hear: hearHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,159 occurrences39 books1,072 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Traditional renderings: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁמַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,159 total
  1. Psalm 31:22שָׁ֭מַעְתָּ · You heard
    In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
  2. Psalm 34:2יִשְׁמְע֖וּ · hear
    My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
  3. Psalm 34:6שָׁמֵ֑עַ · heard him
    This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
  4. Psalm 34:11שִׁמְעוּ־ · listen
    Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  5. Psalm 34:17שָׁמֵ֑עַ · hears
    The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
  6. Psalm 38:13אֶשְׁמָ֑ע · hear
    But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
  7. Psalm 38:14שֹׁמֵ֑עַ · hear
    I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
  8. Psalm 39:12שִֽׁמְעָ֥ה־ · Hear
    Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
  9. Psalm 40:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · and heard
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  10. Psalm 44:1שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ · We have heard
    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
  11. Psalm 45:10שִׁמְעִי־ · Listen
    Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
  12. Psalm 48:8שָׁמַ֨עְנוּ׀ · we have heard
    As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
  13. Psalm 49:1שִׁמְעוּ־ · Hear
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
  14. Psalm 50:7שִׁמְעָ֤ה · Hear
    “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
  15. Psalm 51:8תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי · Let me hear
    Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
  16. Psalm 54:2שְׁמַ֣ע · Hear
    Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
  17. Psalm 55:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · and He hears
    Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
  18. Psalm 55:19יִשְׁמַ֤ע׀ · will hear
    God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
  19. Psalm 58:5יִ֭שְׁמַע · to hear
    …refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
  20. Psalm 59:7שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃ · can hear us
    See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
  21. Psalm 61:1שִׁמְעָ֣ה · Hear
    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
  22. Psalm 61:5שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ · have heard
    For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance reserved for those who fear Your name.
  23. Psalm 62:11שָׁמָ֑עְתִּי · I have heard
    God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
  24. Psalm 64:1שְׁמַע־ · Hear
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
  25. Psalm 65:2שֹׁמֵ֥עַ · O You who listen to
    O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
  26. Psalm 66:8וְ֝הַשְׁמִ֗יעוּ · be heard
    Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
  27. Psalm 66:16שִׁמְע֣וּ · and listen
    Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
  28. Psalm 66:18יִשְׁמַ֣ע׀ · have listened
    If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  29. Psalm 66:19שָׁמַ֣ע · heard
    But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
  30. Psalm 69:33שֹׁמֵ֣עַ · listens
    For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
  31. Psalm 76:8הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּ · You pronounced
    From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
  32. Psalm 78:3שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ · we have heard
    …that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
  33. Psalm 78:21שָׁמַ֥ע · heard
    Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
  34. Psalm 78:59שָׁמַ֣ע · On hearing it
    On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
  35. Psalm 81:5אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ · [where] I heard
    He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
  36. Psalm 81:8שְׁמַ֣ע · Hear; תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־ · you would listen
    Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
  37. Psalm 81:11שָׁמַ֣ע · listen to Me
    But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
  38. Psalm 81:13שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ · would listen
    If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
  39. Psalm 84:8שִׁמְעָ֣ה · hear
    O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
  40. Psalm 85:8אֶשְׁמְעָ֗ה · I will listen
    I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
  41. Psalm 92:11תִּשְׁמַ֥עְנָה · hear
    My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
  42. Psalm 94:9יִשְׁמָ֑ע · hear
    He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
  43. Psalm 95:7תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ · you hear
    For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
  44. Psalm 97:8שָׁמְעָ֬ה · hears
    Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
  45. Psalm 102:1שִׁמְעָ֣ה · Hear
    A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
  46. Psalm 102:20לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ · to hear
    …to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
  47. Psalm 103:20לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗עַ · who hearken
    Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
  48. Psalm 106:2יַ֝שְׁמִ֗יעַ · or fully proclaim
    Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
  49. Psalm 106:25שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ · listen
    They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.