{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8085",
  "lemma": "שָׁמַע",
  "transliteration": "shâmaʻ",
  "definition": "to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)",
  "kjv": "[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly…",
  "occurrences": 1158,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׁמַע 1152 vb. hear",
    "Qal 1052",
    "1. subj. pers. hum.",
    "2. י׳ (God) subj.",
    "Niph. 42",
    "1. be heard, of voice, sound",
    "2. be heard of",
    "3. be regarded, obeyed",
    "4. = (favourable) hearing was granted to their voice.",
    "Pi. he caused the people to hear",
    "Hiph. 63",
    "1. of man",
    "2. י׳ subj."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:8",
      "text": "They heard the LORD God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:10",
      "text": "The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:17",
      "text": "To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:23",
      "text": "Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:7",
      "text": "Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:14",
      "text": "When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:2",
      "text": "Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:11",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:20",
      "text": "As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:10",
      "text": "He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.”…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=10"
    }
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