שָׁמַע

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.

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Occurrences

1,159 total

Genesis 3:8וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּ · heard
Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:10שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי · I heard
“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:17שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ · you have listened
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:23שְׁמַ֣עַן · hear
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
Genesis 11:7יִשְׁמְע֔וּ · understand
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 14:14וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע · heard
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 16:2וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · listened
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:11שָׁמַ֥ע · has heard
The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
Genesis 17:20שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒ · I have heard you
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 18:10שֹׁמַ֛עַת · listening
Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
Genesis 21:6הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַ · who hears of this
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
Genesis 21:12שְׁמַ֣ע · Listen to
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
Genesis 21:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע · heard; שָׁמַ֧ע · has heard
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
Genesis 21:26שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי · heard
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
Genesis 22:18שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ · you have obeyed
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Genesis 23:6שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ׀ · Listen to us
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
Genesis 23:8שְׁמָע֕וּנִי · listen to me
“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
Genesis 23:11שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי · Listen to me
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:13שְׁמָעֵ֑נִי · listen to me
…and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
Genesis 23:15שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי · Listen to me
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:16וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע · agreed
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Genesis 24:30וּכְשָׁמְע֗וֹ · and heard
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
Genesis 24:52שָׁמַ֛ע · heard
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Genesis 26:5שָׁמַ֥ע · listened
…because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Genesis 27:5שֹׁמַ֔עַת · was listening
Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
Genesis 27:6שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ · I overheard
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
Genesis 27:8שְׁמַ֣ע · listen to
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
Genesis 27:13שְׁמַ֥ע · obey
His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Genesis 27:34כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ · heard
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
Genesis 27:43שְׁמַ֣ע · obey
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
Genesis 28:7וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע · had obeyed
…and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 29:13כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ · heard
When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Genesis 29:33שָׁמַ֤ע · has heard
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
Genesis 30:6שָׁמַ֣ע · He has heard
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
Genesis 30:17וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · listened
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Genesis 30:22וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע · listened
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Genesis 31:1וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע · Now Jacob heard
Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
Genesis 34:5שָׁמַ֗ע · heard
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
Genesis 34:7כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם · heard what had happened
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Genesis 34:17תִשְׁמְע֛וּ · agree
But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
Genesis 34:24וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ · listened
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
Genesis 35:22וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע · heard about it
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
Genesis 37:6שִׁמְעוּ־ · Listen
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
Genesis 37:17שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ · I heard them
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Genesis 37:21וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע · heard [this]
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
Genesis 37:27וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ · agreed
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
Genesis 39:10שָׁמַ֥ע
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
Genesis 39:15כְשָׁמְע֔וֹ · When he heard me
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Genesis 39:19כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ · heard
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.