Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁמֶץ‎ shemets (sheh'-mets) whisper ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to emit a sound

a little.

• an inkling

1) whisper, little

See Greek: ἱκμάς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֵׁ֫מֶץ‎ noun [masculine] whisper; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Job 4:12 construct ‎דָּבָד‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Job 26:14 a (mere) whisper of a word, something wholly inadequate.

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