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šemaʿ שֶׁ֫מַעAsound, Breport’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāmaʿ שָׁמַע ‘to hear’
Roots: שׁמע
Variants: שֶׁ֫מַע, שֵׁ֫מַע

šemaʿ n, m
A1) sound
B1) report, a hearing

Mentioned in Genesis 29:13 Exodus 23:1 Numbers 14:15 Deuteronomy 2:25 1 Kings 10:1 Isaiah 66:19, 23:5 Jeremiah 37:5, 50:43 Hosea 7:12 Nahum 3:19 Habakkuk 3:2 Psalms 18:45, 150:5 Job 28:22, 42:5 2 Chronicles 9:1

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