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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8087 - שֶׁמַע

Transliteration

Shemaʻ

Phonetics

sheh'-mah

Root Word (Etymology)

for the same as (H8088)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

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.

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‘