Hebrew word · Strong's H8085
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻa primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Verse occurrences
1,072 matching verses
- Genesis 3:8heard
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
יִּשְׁמְע֞וּyyišməʿûverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 3:10heard
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיšāmaʿətîverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, first, common, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 3:17hearkened
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
שָׁמַעְתָּ֮šāmaʿtāverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 4:23hear
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
שְׁמַ֣עַןšəmaʿanverb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, feminine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 11:7understand
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
יִשְׁמְע֔וּyišməʿûverb, stem: qal, conjugation: yiqtol, third, masculine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 14:14heard
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
יִּשְׁמַ֣עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 16:2hearkened
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
יִּשְׁמַ֥עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 16:11heard
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
שָׁמַ֥עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 17:20thee
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
שְׁמַעְתִּיverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, first, common, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 18:10heard
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
שֹׁמַ֛עַתšōmaʿaṯverb, stem: qal, conjugation: participle active, feminine, singular, absoluteOriginal
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- Genesis 21:6hear
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
שֹּׁמֵ֖עַššōmēᵃʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: participle active, masculine, singular, absoluteOriginal
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- Genesis 21:12hearken
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 21:17heard ×2
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
יִּשְׁמַ֣עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularשָׁמַ֧עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 21:26heard
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיšāmaʿətîverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, first, common, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 22:18obeyed
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
שָׁמַ֖עְתָּšāmaʿətāverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
שְׁמָעֵ֣verb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 23:8hear
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
שְׁמָע֕וּverb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, pluralOriginal
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Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
שְׁמָעֵ֔verb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 23:13hear
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
שְׁמָעֵ֑verb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 23:15hearken
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
שְׁמָעֵ֔verb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 23:16hearkened
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
יִּשְׁמַ֣עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 24:30heard
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
שָׁמְע֗verb, stem: qal, conjugation: infinitive constructOriginal
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- Genesis 24:52heard
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
שָׁמַ֛עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 26:5obeyed
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
שָׁמַ֥עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 27:5heard
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
שֹׁמַ֔עַתšōmaʿaṯverb, stem: qal, conjugation: participle active, feminine, singular, absoluteOriginal
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- Genesis 27:6heard
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙šāmaʿətîverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, first, common, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 27:8obey
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 27:13obey
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
שְׁמַ֥עšəmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 27:34heard
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
שְׁמֹ֤עַšəmōᵃʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: infinitive constructOriginal
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- Genesis 27:43obey
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 28:7obeyed
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
יִּשְׁמַ֣עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 29:13heard
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
שְׁמֹ֨עַšəmōᵃʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: infinitive constructOriginal
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- Genesis 29:33heard
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
שָׁמַ֤עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 30:6heard
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
שָׁמַ֣עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 30:17hearkened
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
יִּשְׁמַ֥עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 30:22hearkened
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
יִּשְׁמַ֤עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 31:1heard
And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
יִּשְׁמַ֗עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 34:5heard
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
שָׁמַ֗עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 34:7heard
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
שָׁמְעָ֔verb, stem: qal, conjugation: infinitive constructOriginal
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- Genesis 34:17hearken
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
תִשְׁמְע֛וּṯišməʿûverb, stem: qal, conjugation: yiqtol, second, masculine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 34:24hearkened
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
יִּשְׁמְע֤וּyyišməʿûverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 35:22heard
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
יִּשְׁמַ֖עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 37:6hear
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
שִׁמְעוּšimʿû-verb, stem: qal, conjugation: imperative, second, masculine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 37:17heard
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙šāmaʿətîverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, first, common, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 37:21heard
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
יִּשְׁמַ֣עyyišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 37:27content
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
יִּשְׁמְע֖וּyyišməʿûverb, stem: qal, conjugation: wayyiqtol, third, masculine, pluralOriginal
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- Genesis 39:10hearkened
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
שָׁמַ֥עšāmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, third, masculine, singularOriginal
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- Genesis 39:15heard
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
שָׁמְע֔verb, stem: qal, conjugation: infinitive constructOriginal
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- Genesis 39:19heard
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
שְׁמֹ֨עַšəmōᵃʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: infinitive constructOriginal
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
שָׁמַ֤עְתִּיšāmaʿətîverb, stem: qal, conjugation: qatal, first, common, singularתִּשְׁמַ֥עtišmaʿverb, stem: qal, conjugation: yiqtol, second, masculine, singularOriginal
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