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Strong's #8085: shama` (pronounced shaw-mah')

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




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁ

shâma‛

1) to hear, listen to, obey (verb)

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

2) sound (noun masculine)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: a primitive root

Same Word by TWOT Number: 2412, 2412a



Usage:

This word is used 1158 times:

Genesis 3:8: " And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool"
Genesis 3:10: "And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I"
Genesis 3:17: "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of"
Genesis 4:23: "unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken"
Genesis 11:7: "their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Genesis 14:14: "And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained"
Genesis 16:2: "it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai."
Genesis 16:11: "Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction."
Genesis 17:20: "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;"
Genesis 18:10: "Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which"
Genesis 21:6: "hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh"
Genesis 21:12: "Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed"
Genesis 21:17: "And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called"
Genesis 21:17: "not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where"
Genesis 21:26: "tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today."
Genesis 22:18: "of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
Genesis 23:6: " Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers"
Genesis 23:8: "my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son"
Genesis 23:11: "Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give"
Genesis 23:13: "if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take"
Genesis 23:15: "My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what"
Genesis 23:16: "And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron"
Genesis 24:30: "upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,"
Genesis 24:52: "that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshiped the LORD,"
Genesis 26:5: "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,"
Genesis 27:5: "And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau"
Genesis 27:6: "her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto"
Genesis 27:8: "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command"
Genesis 27:13: "me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch"
Genesis 27:34: "And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and"
Genesis 27:43: "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban"
Genesis 28:7: "And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;"
Genesis 29:13: "And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son,"
Genesis 29:33: "and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given"
Genesis 30:6: "God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore"
Genesis 30:17: "And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth"
Genesis 30:22: "Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb."
Genesis 31:1: " And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away"
Genesis 34:5: "And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons"
Genesis 34:7: "came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth,"
Genesis 34:17: "But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter,"
Genesis 34:24: "and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city;"
Genesis 35:22: "his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:"
Genesis 37:6: "And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:"
Genesis 37:17: "They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan."
Genesis 37:21: "And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill"
Genesis 37:27: "is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content."
Genesis 39:10: "Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by"
Genesis 39:15: "And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment"
Genesis 39:19: "And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke"









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