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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8087 - שֶׁמַע
Transliteration
Shemaʻ
Phonetics
sheh'-mah
Origin
for the same as (H8088)
Parts of Speech
N/A
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Shema = “hear”
1) a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of Bela
2) a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of Raham
3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as ‘Shimhi’
4) an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

KJV (5)
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
HCS (0)
HCS (5)
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
BSB (5)
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
ESV (5)
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
WEB (5)
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. שֶׁ֫מַע proper name, masculine usually Σαμα(α), Σεμαα (compare Sabean proper name סמע Hal509); —
1 in Judah 1 Chronicles 2:44, שָׁ֑מַע 1 Chronicles 2:43.
2 in Reuben 1 Chronicles 5:8.
3 in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:13 (= שִׁמְעִי 1 Chronicles 8:21).
4 post-exilic Nehemiah 8:4, Σαμαιας.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
שֶׁמַע (“rumour”), [Shema], pr.n. m.
(1) 1 Chronicles 2:43, 44 1 Chronicles 2:44.
(2) 1 Chronicles 5:8.
(3) Nehemiah 8:4.
(4) 1 Chronicles 8:13.
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List of Word Forms
וְשֶׁ֡מַע וְשֶׁ֣מַע וָשֶׁ֔מַע וָשָֽׁמַע׃ ושמע ושמע׃ שֶׁ֖מַע שמע še·ma‘ šema‘ Shema vaShama vaShema veShema wā·šā·ma‘ wā·še·ma‘ wāšāma‘ wāšema‘ wə·še·ma‘ wəšema‘
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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
Copyright 1999-2023. All Rights Reserved, Jeff Garrison, Gdansk, Poland.
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
Copyright 1999-2023. All Rights Reserved, Jeff Garrison, Gdansk, Poland.
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