שָׁמַע

Strong’s Definition

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(v) to hear, listen to, obey
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(n m) sound
• 5.(piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
• 6.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâmaʻ; Pronunciation: shaw-mah'