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šāmaʿ שָׁמַע ‘to hear’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

šāmaʿ v
v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
  1a2) to hear of or concerning
  1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
  1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
  1a5) to understand (language)
  1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
  1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
  1a8) to listen to, yield to
  1a9) to obey, be obedient
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
  1b2) to be heard of
  1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
 1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
 1d) (Hiphil)
  1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
  1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
  1d3) to make proclamation, summon
  1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound

Mentioned in Genesis 27:6, 27:34, 28:7, 31:1, 35:22, 49:2, 21:26, 42:21, 21:12, 23:16, 24:52, 26:5, 14:14, 16:2, 23:6, 23:11, 23:15, 39:19, 3:8, 3:17, 18:10, 4:23, 23:13, 27:43, 37:17, 37:27, 45:16, 24:30, 29:13, 41:15, 34:7, 27:13, 43:25, 21:17, 42:22, 16:11, 27:5, 30:17, 30:22, 34:17, 34:24, 37:6, 39:10, 21:6, 30:6, 23:8, 3:10, 29:33, 37:21, 42:2, 11:7, 27:8, 39:15, 22:18, 17:20, 34:5, 45:2, 42:23 Exodus 33:4, 2:24, 16:9, 28:35, 4:8, 4:9, 15:26, 24:7, 15:14, 23:13, 23:22, 6:12, 6:30, 32:18, 16:8, 16:12, 20:19, 23:21, 3:18, 4:1, 6:9, 7:4, 7:13, 7:16, 7:22, 8:11, 8:15, 9:12, 11:9, 16:20, 18:19, 19:9, 22:22, 22:26, 32:17, 18:1, 19:5, 4:31, 3:7, 5:2, 18:24, 6:5, 2:15, 16:7 Codex Leviticus 26:21, 5:1, 24:14, 26:14, 26:18, 26:27, 10:20 Numbers 30:5, 30:6, 7:89, 11:10, 20:10, 30:15, 14:22, 23:18, 11:1, 14:15, 30:16, 30:8, 30:9, 30:12, 30:13, 12:2, 24:4, 24:16, 9:8, 12:6, 14:13, 14:14, 16:8, 20:16, 22:36, 33:40, 14:27, 21:3, 21:1, 27:20, 16:4 Deuteronomy 4:1, 6:3, 7:12, 21:18, 26:7, 30:20, 8:20, 10:10, 13:9, 23:6, 4:28, 21:21, 4:32, 5:24, 4:10, 31:13, 11:13, 13:4, 17:12, 26:14, 1:45, 32:1, 5:1, 29:3, 1:16, 18:15, 6:4, 13:13, 11:28, 12:28, 13:5, 30:17, 4:30, 20:3, 4:12, 21:20, 1:17, 18:19, 31:12, 5:25, 3:26, 1:43, 5:23, 5:27, 5:28, 9:19, 11:27, 18:14, 27:9, 28:13, 30:10, 30:13, 33:7, 34:9, 29:18, 4:6, 28:2, 28:15, 28:45, 4:33, 5:26, 9:23, 13:19, 15:5, 18:16, 26:17, 27:10, 28:1, 28:62, 30:2, 1:34, 30:12, 17:4, 30:8, 4:36, 28:49, 2:25, 9:2, 9:1, 13:12, 19:20, 17:13 Joshua 5:6, 24:10, 24:27, 10:1, 14:12, 9:16, 10:14, 1:18, 2:11, 6:5, 6:20, 11:1, 1:17, 3:9, 6:10, 9:1, 9:9, 22:2, 22:11, 24:24, 22:30, 2:10, 5:1, 7:9, 9:3, 22:12 Judges 2:17, 2:20, 3:4, 11:17, 19:25, 20:13, 5:3, 7:11, 20:3, 13:9, 18:25, 7:15, 9:7, 9:46, 11:10, 11:28, 13:23, 6:10, 14:13, 9:30, 2:2, 5:16 1 Samuel 2:25, 12:15, 14:27, 22:1, 25:39, 15:20, 22:12, 25:24, 26:19, 24:10, 2:22, 3:11, 8:21, 15:14, 17:28, 12:14, 13:4, 14:22, 23:25, 16:2, 15:22, 4:14, 4:19, 8:22, 15:4, 17:23, 23:8, 8:9, 28:22, 28:23, 2:24, 3:9, 4:6, 7:7, 8:7, 9:27, 12:1, 15:1, 15:19, 15:24, 23:10, 28:21, 31:11, 2:23, 11:6, 17:11, 23:11, 22:7, 8:19, 19:6, 3:10, 13:3, 25:35, 22:6, 28:18, 17:31, 25:7, 25:4, 1:13, 30:24 2 Samuel 16:21, 13:14, 13:16, 18:5, 15:3, 15:10, 17:5, 17:9, 15:35, 15:36, 19:3, 3:28, 4:1, 14:17, 19:36, 7:22, 11:26, 5:24, 22:7, 22:45, 12:18, 14:16, 5:17, 20:16, 20:17, 13:21, 8:9, 10:7 1 Kings 5:15, 8:34, 11:21, 20:8, 15:20, 6:7, 15:22, 1:11, 8:39, 1:41, 19:13, 12:16, 20:31, 12:24, 21:15, 21:16, 21:27, 12:15, 14:6, 12:20, 3:11, 10:8, 13:4, 13:26, 2:42, 5:22, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:42, 8:43, 8:52, 9:3, 10:6, 10:7, 20:12, 3:28, 10:24, 17:22, 11:38, 20:25, 22:28, 5:21, 16:16, 20:36, 22:19, 5:14, 8:36, 1:45, 12:2, 3:9, 8:32, 8:45, 8:49, 10:1, 15:21 2 Kings 17:14, 20:5, 22:13, 10:6, 19:4, 19:6, 7:6, 20:13, 18:26, 19:16, 21:12, 9:30, 5:8, 18:31, 25:23, 18:32, 11:13, 13:4, 16:9, 19:9, 19:20, 20:12, 20:16, 22:18, 18:12, 7:1, 17:40, 14:11, 18:28, 22:19, 19:7, 19:11, 6:30, 19:8, 21:9, 19:1, 19:25, 22:11, 3:21 Isaiah 38:5, 1:19, 28:12, 30:9, 42:24, 46:12, 30:30, 58:4, 37:4, 37:6, 11:14, 6:8, 28:22, 48:16, 50:4, 48:14, 41:22, 24:16, 66:19, 44:8, 45:21, 48:3, 48:5, 48:7, 48:8, 1:2, 1:10, 28:23, 32:9, 42:23, 64:3, 6:10, 30:21, 32:3, 33:15, 36:11, 37:17, 42:20, 55:3, 59:1, 66:5, 66:8, 21:3, 48:12, 49:1, 1:15, 33:19, 40:28, 41:26, 43:12, 50:10, 66:4, 7:13, 28:14, 36:16, 55:2, 6:9, 51:7, 37:7, 37:9, 39:1, 39:5, 46:3, 51:1, 62:11, 21:10, 48:1, 52:7, 59:2, 47:8, 15:4, 36:13, 43:9, 48:20, 42:9, 65:24, 29:18, 18:3, 34:1, 37:11, 40:21, 60:18, 37:8, 33:13, 52:15, 65:12, 37:1, 37:26, 48:6, 16:6, 44:1, 30:19, 65:19, 51:21, 42:2, 42:18 Jeremiah 3:25, 7:26, 11:4, 11:7, 11:10, 16:12, 34:14, 35:8, 35:10, 35:14, 35:15, 35:16, 35:18, 7:28, 12:17, 8:16, 37:20, 33:10, 40:11, 49:20, 44:26, 4:31, 20:10, 26:3, 36:3, 4:15, 26:21, 13:10, 13:11, 13:15, 5:21, 6:10, 7:24, 9:19, 11:8, 17:23, 19:3, 25:4, 26:11, 28:7, 36:13, 44:5, 34:17, 40:7, 51:46, 31:10, 9:18, 7:16, 8:6, 11:14, 14:12, 30:5, 31:15, 32:33, 37:14, 44:16, 9:9, 11:2, 11:3, 20:16, 34:10, 35:13, 36:16, 36:31, 38:7, 5:15, 3:13, 34:4, 17:27, 46:14, 23:16, 27:9, 27:14, 27:16, 27:17, 29:8, 38:25, 50:2, 50:29, 4:5, 6:19, 7:13, 7:27, 11:6, 11:11, 17:20, 17:24, 18:19, 19:15, 22:21, 25:3, 25:7, 26:4, 26:5, 26:12, 26:13, 28:15, 29:12, 29:19, 35:17, 36:25, 37:2, 38:1, 38:15, 38:20, 38:27, 42:4, 42:6, 42:21, 44:24, 49:2, 50:45, 7:2, 18:13, 20:1, 22:2, 22:5, 26:7, 26:10, 36:24, 3:21, 7:23, 31:18, 42:13, 42:15, 13:17, 23:22, 5:20, 9:12, 18:10, 23:25, 25:8, 31:7, 42:14, 33:9, 49:23, 4:16, 22:29, 43:4, 43:7, 46:12, 49:21, 50:46, 51:27, 6:18, 10:1, 29:20, 32:23, 40:3, 41:11, 44:23, 6:24, 18:2, 23:18, 36:11, 37:5, 49:14, 50:43, 18:22, 51:51, 6:7, 2:4, 21:11, 48:5, 48:29, 4:19, 48:4, 4:21 Ezekiel 6:3, 3:7, 20:8, 2:8, 3:10, 3:17, 12:2, 13:2, 33:7, 33:30, 36:1, 40:4, 44:5, 25:3, 3:11, 3:27, 18:25, 20:39, 21:3, 36:4, 36:15, 8:18, 3:12, 33:31, 33:32, 43:6, 35:12, 10:5, 2:2, 2:7, 3:6, 13:19, 19:4, 19:9, 37:4, 2:5, 35:13, 27:30, 1:28, 1:24, 33:4, 33:5, 34:7, 16:35, 34:9, 26:13 Hosea 5:1, 4:1, 9:17 Joel 1:2 Amos 4:1, 8:4, 3:13, 4:5, 8:11, 3:1, 3:9, 7:16, 5:1, 5:23 Obadiah 1:1 Jonah 2:3 Micah 1:2, 6:2, 7:7, 3:1, 6:1, 5:14, 3:9, 6:9 Nahum 3:19, 2:14, 2:1 Habakkuk 1:2, 3:16, 3:2 Zephaniah 3:2, 2:8 Haggai 1:12 Zechariah 1:4, 7:11, 3:8, 8:23, 6:15, 8:9, 7:13, 7:12 Malachi 3:16, 2:2 Psalms 39:13, 44:2, 45:11, 78:3, 81:12, 69:34, 66:18, 130:2, 116:1, 106:25, 6:9, 17:1, 49:2, 54:4, 84:9, 143:1, 10:17, 17:6, 18:7, 18:45, 92:12, 94:9, 115:6, 62:12, 64:2, 19:4, 38:15, 55:20, 31:23, 66:19, 85:9, 4:4, 22:25, 28:2, 40:2, 102:2, 143:8, 4:2, 48:9, 50:7, 61:2, 61:6, 66:8, 66:16, 78:59, 95:7, 38:14, 81:9, 138:4, 141:6, 102:21, 78:21, 132:6, 76:9, 81:6, 58:6, 106:44, 145:19, 65:3, 34:12, 5:4, 55:18, 28:6, 103:20, 97:8, 106:2, 51:10, 31:14, 81:14, 30:11, 34:3, 59:8, 34:7, 119:149, 27:7, 6:10, 34:18, 26:7 Proverbs 1:8, 4:1, 13:1, 23:22, 21:28, 8:34, 12:15, 18:13, 5:13, 15:31, 20:12, 22:17, 25:12, 28:9, 19:20, 13:8, 5:7, 8:33, 29:24, 4:10, 7:24, 19:27, 23:19, 8:32, 1:33, 1:5, 25:10, 8:6, 15:29, 15:32 Job 28:22, 33:1, 34:2, 34:16, 13:1, 13:17, 29:11, 33:8, 42:5, 37:4, 2:11, 33:31, 33:33, 31:35, 34:10, 35:13, 27:9, 15:8, 22:27, 16:2, 26:14, 36:11, 36:12, 32:10, 34:34, 42:4, 3:18, 5:27, 34:28, 20:3, 29:21, 4:16, 37:2, 21:2, 39:7, 15:17, 13:6 Song of Songs 2:12, 2:14, 8:13 Ruth 2:8, 1:6 Lamentations 3:56, 1:21, 1:18, 3:61 Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1:8, 4:17, 9:16, 7:5, 7:21, 9:17 Esther 2:8, 3:4, 1:18, 1:20 Daniel 9:6, 12:8, 8:16, 9:17, 9:19, 9:18, 8:13, 12:7, 10:12, 9:11, 9:10, 9:14, 10:9, 1:14 Ezra 3:13, 4:1, 9:3 Nehemiah 1:6, 9:9, 9:16, 1:4, 8:9, 2:10, 9:29, 8:2, 4:9, 6:1, 6:16, 9:28, 3:36, 4:14, 9:27, 5:6, 6:6, 6:7, 12:43, 13:27, 9:17, 12:42, 2:19, 8:15, 3:33, 4:1, 13:3 1 Chronicles 29:23, 14:15, 17:20, 15:16, 28:2, 15:19, 16:42, 16:5, 15:28, 10:11, 14:8, 18:9, 19:8 2 Chronicles 6:25, 29:5, 13:4, 16:4, 9:1, 6:30, 25:20, 10:16, 15:8, 24:17, 11:4, 28:11, 5:13, 10:15, 20:29, 9:7, 6:19, 6:20, 6:21, 6:27, 6:33, 7:12, 9:5, 20:9, 23:12, 25:16, 30:20, 33:13, 34:26, 35:22, 9:23, 20:20, 34:27, 15:2, 18:27, 9:6, 18:18, 7:14, 6:39, 10:2, 6:23, 6:35, 16:5, 30:27, 34:19

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