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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. Deuteronomy 1:16שָׁמֹ֤עַ · Hear
    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.
  2. Deuteronomy 1:17תִּשְׁמָע֔וּן · hear; וּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃ · and I will hear it
    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.”
  3. Deuteronomy 1:34וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · heard
    When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
  4. Deuteronomy 1:43שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם · listen
    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.
  5. Deuteronomy 1:45שָׁמַ֤ע · listen
    And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.
  6. Deuteronomy 2:25יִשְׁמְעוּן֙ · They will hear
    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.”
  7. Deuteronomy 3:26שָׁמַ֖ע · listen
    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.
  8. Deuteronomy 4:1שְׁמַ֤ע · Hear
    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.
  9. Deuteronomy 4:6יִשְׁמְע֗וּן · will hear
    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.”
  10. Deuteronomy 4:10וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖ם · to hear
    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.”
  11. Deuteronomy 4:12שֹׁמְעִ֔ים · heard
    And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice.
  12. Deuteronomy 4:28יִשְׁמְע֔וּן · hear
    And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
  13. Deuteronomy 4:30וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ · and listen
    When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
  14. Deuteronomy 4:32הֲנִשְׁמַ֥ע · been reported
    Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
  15. Deuteronomy 4:33הֲשָׁ֣מַֽע · ever heard; שָׁמַ֥עְתָּ · have
    Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
  16. Deuteronomy 4:36הִשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥ · He let you hear; שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ · and you heard
    He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
  17. Deuteronomy 5:1שְׁמַ֤ע · Hear
    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
  18. Deuteronomy 5:23כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶ֤ם · And when you heard
    And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
  19. Deuteronomy 5:24שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ · and we have heard
    …and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
  20. Deuteronomy 5:25לִ֠שְׁמֹעַ · hear
    But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
  21. Deuteronomy 5:26שָׁמַ֣ע · has heard
    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
  22. Deuteronomy 5:27וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע · and listen; וְשָׁמַ֥עְנוּ · we will listen
    Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
  23. Deuteronomy 5:28וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע · heard; שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי · I have heard
    And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
  24. Deuteronomy 6:3וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ · Hear
    Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
  25. Deuteronomy 6:4שְׁמַ֖ע · Hear
    Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
  26. Deuteronomy 7:12תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן · you listen to
    If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
  27. Deuteronomy 8:20תִשְׁמְע֔וּן · obey
    Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
  28. Deuteronomy 9:1שְׁמַ֣ע · Hear
    Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
  29. Deuteronomy 9:2שָׁמַ֔עְתָּ · have heard it said
    The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
  30. Deuteronomy 9:19וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע · listened
    For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
  31. Deuteronomy 9:23שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם · obeyed
    And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
  32. Deuteronomy 10:10וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע · listened
    I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
  33. Deuteronomy 11:13שָׁמֹ֤עַ · you carefully obey; תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙
    So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
  34. Deuteronomy 11:27תִּשְׁמְע֗וּ · you obey
    …a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
  35. Deuteronomy 11:28תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ · you disobey
    …but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  36. Deuteronomy 12:28וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֗ · to obey
    Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  37. Deuteronomy 13:3תִשְׁמַ֗ע · listen
    …you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  38. Deuteronomy 13:4תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ · and listen
    You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
  39. Deuteronomy 13:8תִשְׁמַ֖ע · or listen
    …you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
  40. Deuteronomy 13:11יִשְׁמְע֖וּ · will hear
    Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
  41. Deuteronomy 13:12תִשְׁמַ֞ע · you hear
    If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
  42. Deuteronomy 13:18תִשְׁמַ֗ע · you obey
    …because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  43. Deuteronomy 15:5שָׁמ֣וֹעַ · you obey; תִּשְׁמַ֔ע
    …if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.