Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁמַע‎ shêmaʻ (shay'-mah) sound ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁמַע‎

bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.

• something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement
• abstractly, audience

1) report, a hearing

See Greek: κλέος · ὄνομα

Extended Information

• Also means: sho.ma (‎ש‎ֹׁ֫‎מ‎ַ‎ע‎ "report" שֹׁמַע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎שֶׁ֫מַע‎ noun [masculine] sound; — ‎הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי‎ ‎שָׁ֑מַע‎ Ps 150:5 (|| ‎תְּרוּעָה‎).

‎שֵׁ֫מַע‎ noun [masculine] hearing, report (on from compare Lag^{BN 143}); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Isa 23:5 construct vIsa 23:5 +; suffix ‎שִׁמְעִי‎ Isa 66:19 etc.; — report, usually with genitive object: accusative with ‎שְׁמַע‎ Gen 29:13 (J) the tidings about Jacob, Isa 23:5 + (with suffix) Num 14:15 (JE), Deut 2:25; 1Kgs 10:1= 2Chr 9:1; Nah 3:19; Hab 3:2; Jer 37:5; Jer 50:43; Isa 66:9 with ‎ל‎ genitive Isa 23:5 ‎לַעֲדָתָם‎ Hos 7:12 usually according to the report (heard by) their congregation (!), but inexplicable and probably corrupt, We Now; Marti (compare Oettli) ‎עַלרָֿעָתָם‎ (‎כְּשֵׁמַע‎ as gloss) according to their wickedness; ‎שָׁוְא‎ ‎׳‎‎נָשָׂא שׁ‎ Exod 23:1 (E) take up (utter) a false report; ‎אֹוָן‎ ‎׳‎‎לְשׁ‎ Ps 18:45* i.e. as soon as heard of, = mere report Job 42:5 (opposed to personal knowledge), compare ‎שִׁמְעָהּ‎ Job 28:22.

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