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Lexicon :: Strong's H8085 - šāmaʿ

Aa
שָׁמַע
Transliteration
šāmaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2412, 2412a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'; a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.):—× attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,159x

The KJV translates Strong's H8085 in the following manner: hear (785x), hearken (196x), obey (81x), publish (17x), understand (9x), obedient (8x), diligently (8x), shew (6x), sound (3x), declare (3x), discern (2x), noise (2x), perceive (2x), tell (2x), reported (2x), miscellaneous (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,159x
The KJV translates Strong's H8085 in the following manner: hear (785x), hearken (196x), obey (81x), publish (17x), understand (9x), obedient (8x), diligently (8x), shew (6x), sound (3x), declare (3x), discern (2x), noise (2x), perceive (2x), tell (2x), reported (2x), miscellaneous (33x).
verb
  1. to hear, listen to, obey

    1. (Qal)

      1. to hear (perceive by ear)

      2. to hear of or concerning

      3. to hear (have power to hear)

      4. to hear with attention or interest, listen to

      5. to understand (language)

      6. to hear (of judicial cases)

      7. to listen, give heed

        1. to consent, agree

        2. to grant request

      8. to listen to, yield to

      9. to obey, be obedient

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be heard (of voice or sound)

      2. to be heard of

      3. to be regarded, be obeyed

    3. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound

      2. to sound aloud (musical term)

      3. to make proclamation, summon

      4. to cause to be heard

        masculine noun
  2. sound

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'; a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.):—× attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
STRONGS H8085: Abbreviations
שָׁמַע 1159 verb hear (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician שמע Lzb378; Assyrian šemû; Arabic bdb103301; Sabean סמע mostly in derivatives, especially epithet of divinity סמע he who hears HomChr 124 FellZMG liv (1900), 250, 252 DHMHofmus. No. 10, 1. 1; Ethiopic bdb103302 Aramaic שְׁמַע, bdb103303, Old Aramaic שמע Lzb378; compare also משמעת MI28 obedience); —
Qal1052 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 24:52 +, שָׁמֵ֑עַ Jeremiah 36:13 + 3 times; 2nd person feminine singular שָׁמַ֫עַתְּ 1 Kings 1:11 + 2 times; 3rd person plural שָׁמֵ֑עוּ Judges 2:17 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁמַע Exodus 6:30 +, 1st person singular cohortative אֶשְׁמְעָה Numbers 9:8, וָאֶשְׁמְָעָה (on ְָ֯ compare Ges§ 10h; Ol§ 65 c question reading) Daniel 8:13; 2nd person masculine plural תִּשְׁמְע֔וּן Deuteronomy 8:20 +, תִּשְׁמָע֔וּן Deuteronomy 1:17, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁמַע Amos 7:16 +, שִׁמְעָךְ Job 32:10 + (especially Psalms), שְׁמָ֨עָךְ֨ Daniel 9:19; feminine plural שְׁמַעְנָה Isaiah 32:9; Jeremiah 9:19, שְׁמַ֫עַן Genesis 4:23 (Ges§ 46 f), etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁמוֺעַ Isaiah 6:9 +; construct שְׁמֹעַ 1 Samuel 15:22 +; suffix שָׁמְעו Deuteronomy 29:18 +, שָׁמְעָתוֺ Isaiah 30:19 (Genesis 18:10 + etc.; —
1. subject human person (or thing personified):
a. hear (perceive by ear), accusative of thing, especially קוֺל Genesis 3:10 (J) + 46 times, דבר(ים) Amos 8:11 + 50 times, etc.; accusative חָכְמָה i.e. wise sayings 1 Kings 5:14 + 4 times; so any utterance or sound (approximately + 150 times in all) + (object omitted) Deuteronomy 4:33 + 32 times + (temporal clause) 1 Samuel 14:27 + 6 times; very rarely with ב, בְּסוֺד י׳ שׁ׳ Job 15:8; with object clause, כִּ׳ Exodus 4:31 + 52 times + Isaiah 39:1b (read כִּי שׁ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Targum || 2 Kings 20:12), אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר Joshua 2:10; Joshua 5:1 (both RD), מַהֹֿ֯ Judges 7:11 + 3 times; without connect. אֹתָהּ שׁ׳ עָשִׂיתִי 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; singular oratio recta [direct speech] Isaiah 40:28; Zechariah 8:23.
†b. accusative of person + מְדַבֵּר hear one speaking Genesis 27:6 (J), Jeremiah 26:7; Daniel 8:13, so בֹּכֶה Numbers 11:10 (J), נִבָּא Jeremiah 20:1 מְקַלְלֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 7:21; occas. pears. omitted, דֹּבְרִים Genesis 37:17 (JE), אֶתמִֿדַּבֵּר Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 43:6 (see דבר Hithp.); accusative of person only Daniel 12:7.
†c. with לֵאמֹר only, hear say = hear it said, 1 Samuel 13:4; 2 Samuel 19:3; Deuteronomy 13:13; Joshua 22:11 (P), 1 Kings 16:16; + עַל person concerning Genesis 41:15 (E), Isaiah 37:9; אֶל person id. 2 Kings 19:9.
d. hear of, concerning:
(1) accusative of thing, אֵת(כָּלֿ)אֲשֶׁר Exodus 18:1; 2 Kings 19:11 + 5 times, דבר(ים) 1 Samuel 3:11 + 4 times, רָעָה Jeremiah 19:3 + 5 times, etc.; כַּאֲשֶׁר 1 Samuel 23:11; Psalm 48:9, כָּואֹת Isaiah 66:8 hear of anything like this, כָּאֵלֶּךְ Jeremiah 18:13; accusative, etc., omitted Judges 9:46 + 43 times;
(2) less often accusative of person Job 42:5, אֶל person Ezekiel 19:4, person omitted Deuteronomy 9:2; with ב person hear exultantly of their fate †Psalm 92:12 (probably imitated from || הִכִּיט בְּ Psalm 92:12a; see especially ראךְ 8a (6)).
†e. hear, absolute, = have power to hear, 2 Samuel 19:36 (with בְּקוֺל), Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 32:3; Proverbs 20:12; Zechariah 7:11; in simile Psalm 38:15; with negative of idols Deuteronomy 4:28; Psalm 115:6; figurative (spiritual power) Jeremiah 5:21; Deuteronomy 29:8; Ezekiel 12:2; Isaiah 42:20. — Proverbs 21:28 is probably corrupt, see Toy.
f. hear with attention, interest, listen to (sometimes || חֶאֱןין), חִקְשִׁיב accusative דבר(ים) (54 times) Amos 4:1 +, especially דבר(י) י׳ Numbers 12:6 (JE) + 45 times; אִמְרָה Isaiah 28:23, קוֺל Isaiah 28:23, זאֹת Micah 3:9, etc.; often absolute Judges 5:3 + 57 times, + (negative) Psalm 38:14 pay no attention; absolute לֵב שֹׁמֵעַ 1 Kings 3:9, אִישׁ שֹׁטֵעַ Proverbs 21:28.
†g. understand (language), שָׂפָחךְ Genesis 11:7 (J), Isaiah 33:19, לָשׁוֺן Deuteronomy 28:49, דְּבָרִין Ezekiel 3:6, מַהיְּֿדַבֵּר Jeremiah 5:15, no accusative Genesis 42:23 (E), 2 Kings 18:26 = Isaiah 36:11.
h. specifically of hearing a (judicial) case, דָּבָר Deuteronomy 1:17, compare Deuteronomy 1:17; accusative omitted בֵּין person Deuteronomy 1:16, of י׳ Judges 11:10; with מִשְׁפָּט 1 Kings 3:11; הִטּוֺב וְהָרֵע לשׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:17, וְשֹׁמֵע אֵין לְךָ 2 Samuel 15:3, compare Job 31:35.
†i. with accusative of person in polite address, hear us (me)! Genesis 23:6, 8, 11, 13, 15 (all P), 1 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Chronicles 13:4; 15:2; 20:20
j. listen, give heed (sometimes || הִקְשִׁיב), absolute, Genesis 42:21 (E) + 18: t., + (usually || הִטָּה אֹ׃ון), Jeremiah 7:13 + 14 times Jeremiah, + (opposed to חָדַל) Ezekiel 2:5 + 3 times Ezekiel; + שִׂים עַללֵֿב Malachi 2:2; hear + do Deuteronomy 5:24; 2 Kings 18:12, etc.; = consent, agree, Genesis 37:27 (J), grant request Judges 11:17; with ל person (mostly late) Judges 19:25; 1 Samuel 30:24; Job 15:17 + 16 times, לי׳ Hosea 9:17; Leviticus 26:14, 18, 21, 27; לְדִבְרֵי י׳ 1 Samuel 15:1, לְעֵצָה Proverbs 12:15.
k. with אֶל person + listen to, yield to Genesis 49:2; Judges 2:17 + 69 times (אֶליֿ׳ + 15 times, especially Jeremiah 7:26 + 10 times Jeremiah), עַל person 2 Kings 20:13; אֶלדִּֿבְרֵי etc., Deuteronomy 18:19; Jeremiah 29:10 + 14 times, עַלדִּֿבְרֵי etc., 2 Kings 22:13 + 3 times; very rarely accusative of thing 1 Samuel 24:10 (Gi 1 Samuel 24:9).
l. לְקוֺל שׁ׳ = id., obey, Genesis 3:17 (J) + 11 times + (לְקוֺל י׳) Judges 2:20; Exodus 15:26 (JE).
m. very often, בְּקוֺל שׁ׳ = obey 1 Samuel 8:7 + 25 times, + שׁ׳ בְּקוֺל י׳ (י׳'s word, etc.) Deuteronomy 4:30; Jeremiah 3:13 + 65 times (Deuteronomy + 18 times, Jeremiah + 18 times).
n. obey, with accusative דבר(ים) Joshua 1:18 + 2 times + (י׳ ד׳) Jeremiah 11:3 + 5 times Jeremiah; 1 Kings 12:24 2 Chronicles 11:4, etc.; accusative of person Exodus 6:12 (P), 2 Chronicles 28:11.
o. absolutebe obedient (especially to י׳) Isaiah 1:19; Micah 5:14; Jeremiah 12:17 + 4 times Jeremiah + 7 times
2. י׳ (God) subject:
a. accusative קוֺל, דברים, etc., Genesis 21:17 (E), 2 Kings 19:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 19:16, usually with favour implied Numbers 20:16; Deuteronomy 33:7 +, so especially accusative תְּפִלָּה, תְּחנָּה, etc., 1 Kings 8:45; Psalm 6:10 +.
b. object clause כִּי Genesis 29:33 (J).
c. no object (32 times) Isaiah 59:2; Jeremiah 22:21, usually hear and foregive, help, etc 1 Kings 8:30, 32; Isaiah 30:19 +; hear be angry Psalm 78:59, compare Psalm 55:20.
d. = be able to hear Isaiah 59:1; Psalm 94:9.
e. בְּקוֺל שׁ׳ = hear (and grant) Genesis 30:6 (J) + 6 times
f.hear and answer, with אֶל of city, etc., Genesis 21:7; Genesis 16:11; 1 Kings 8:28 + 8 times; with אֶל person Deuteronomy 3:26 + 12 times.
g. with לְ of utterance Jeremiah 18:19; Psalm 61:6; ל person Joshua 24:10 (E).
h. hear, accusative of person + מִתְנוֺדֵד Jeremiah 31:18; favourably, with accusative of person Micah 7:7 + 3 times, so, + ל concerning, Genesis 17:20 (P); object omitted 2 Kings 22:19; Psalm 22:23 + 3 times + Psalm 34:7; Psalm 34:18 (hear and deliver); with temporal clause Jeremiah 11:14
Niph. 42 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁמַע Genesis 45:16 +, etc; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁמַע Exodus 23:13 +, יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ 1 Samuel 1:13, etc.; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁמַל Esther 2:8; Participle feminine נִשְׁמַ֫עַת Jeremiah 51:46, etc.; —
1. be heard, of voice, sound, etc., 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Kings 6:7; Job 26:14 (or 1st person plural Qal Imperfect?); of a report, לֵאמֹר ֗֗֗ נִשׁ׳ Genesis 45:16 (E); subject clause, כִּ׳, Nehemiah 6:1 (ל person), compare clauseוְהַיְהוּדִים חשְׁבִים Nehemiah 6:6; Nehemiah 6:7 be reported, (לַמֶּלֶךְ) הָאֵלֶּה כַּדְּבָרִיס; be heard, לִפְנֵי אֱםהֶיךָ Daniel 10:12.
2. be heard of, כָּמֹהוּ Deuteronomy 4:32.
3. be regarded, obeyed, Ecclesiastes 9:17; in 2 Samuel 22:45 = Psalm 18:45 it is be obedient (לִי), si vera lectio (read perhaps Qal. compare Now).
4. בְּקוֺלָם וַיִישּׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 30:27 = (favourable) — hearing was granted to their voice.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְשַׁמַּע 1 Samuel 15:4 he caused the people (accusative) to hear and respond, i.e. he assembled them), so 1 Samuel 23:8 (see Hiph. 1 c).
Hiph.63 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁמִיעַ 1 Kings 15:22 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַשְׁמִעֵנִי Deuteronomy 30:12, 13; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תַּשְׁמַע Judges 18:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הִשְׁמִיעֵנִי Psalm 143:8; feminine singular suffix הַשְׁמִיעִנִי Songs 2:14; Songs 8:13, etc.; Infinitive construct לַשְׁמִעַ Psalm 26:7 (Ges§ 53q); Participle מַשְׁמִיעַ Jeremiah 4:15 +, etc.; —
1. of man:
a. cause to hear accusative of person + of thing Deuteronomy 30:12, 13; Songs 2:14; Songs 8:13 + 4 times; object of thing omitted (= make proclamation to) 1 Kings 15:22; object person omitted Jeremiah 5:20 +; accusative שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 2:1 i.e. proclaim peace; אָוֶֺן Jeremiah 4:15 (מִן local); קוֺל הַשׁ׳ utter a sound Joshua 6:10 (J; || הֵרִיעַ), compare Judges 18:25 (קוֺלְךָ, + עִמָּנוּ), Isaiah 42:2; Isaiah 58:4; קוֺל תְּהִלָּתוֺ הִשׁ׳Psalm 66:8 בְּקוֺל תּוֺדָהPsalm 26:7.
b. absolute as musical term, sound aloud, בִּמְצִלְתַּיִם לְהִשְׁמִיעַ 1 Chronicles 15:19 (perhaps to mark the time, GrPsalms 67 De compare 1 Chronicles 16:5 also Psalm 150:5 בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָׁ֑מַע), מַשְׁמִיעִים 1 Chronicles 15:16, 28; 1 Chronicles 16:42, קוֺל אֶחָד לְהַשׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 5:13 i.e. probably in unison (PrinceEB iii, 3241), Nehemiah 12:42.
c. absolute make proclamation (often || הִגִּיד), Amos 3:9; Amos 4:5; Isaiah 41:26; Jeremiah 4:5 + 6 times Jeremiah.
†d. הַשְׁמִיעוּ, accusative of person + אֶל location = summon Jeremiah 50:29, עַל location Jeremiah 51:27 (compare Pi.).
2. י׳ subject:
a. cause to hear, accusative of person and thing Deuteronomy 4:10, 36 (מִן local), 2 Kings 7:6 + 4 times; accusative of person omitted Isaiah 30:30 + 3 times; accusative of thing omitted Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 48:5.
†b. = tell, accusative of person + כָּזאֹת Judges 13:23; accusative of person only, Isaiah 42:9; accusative of thing only, Isaiah 48:3; Ezekiel 36:15 (אֵלַיִךְ).
†c. absolute, make proclamation Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 62:11 (אֶל location).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8086.
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Genesis

3:10; 3:17; 4:23; 11:7; 16:11; 17:20; 18:10; 21:7; 21:17; 23:6; 23:8; 23:11; 23:13; 23:15; 24:52; 27:6; 29:33; 30:6; 37:17; 37:27; 41:15; 42:21; 42:23; 45:16; 45:16; 49:2

Exodus

4:31; 6:12; 6:30; 15:26; 18:1; 23:13

Leviticus

26:14; 26:18; 26:21; 26:27

Numbers

9:8; 11:10; 12:6; 20:16

Deuteronomy

1:16; 1:17; 1:17; 1:17; 3:26; 4:10; 4:28; 4:30; 4:32; 4:33; 4:36; 5:24; 8:20; 9:2; 13:13; 18:19; 28:49; 29:8; 29:18; 30:12; 30:12; 30:13; 30:13; 33:7

Joshua

1:18; 2:10; 5:1; 6:10; 22:11; 24:10

Judges

2:17; 2:17; 2:20; 5:3; 7:11; 9:46; 11:10; 11:17; 13:23; 18:23; 18:25; 19:25

1 Samuel

1:13; 1:13; 3:11; 8:7; 13:4; 14:27; 15:1; 15:4; 15:22; 23:8; 23:11; 24:9; 24:10; 30:24

2 Samuel

14:17; 15:3; 19:3; 19:36; 22:45

1 Kings

1:11; 3:9; 3:11; 5:14; 6:7; 8:28; 8:30; 8:32; 8:45; 12:24; 15:22; 15:22; 16:16

2 Kings

7:6; 18:12; 18:26; 19:4; 19:9; 19:11; 19:16; 19:25; 20:12; 20:13; 22:13; 22:19

1 Chronicles

15:16; 15:19; 15:28; 16:5; 16:42; 28:2

2 Chronicles

5:13; 11:4; 13:4; 15:2; 20:20; 28:11; 30:27

Nehemiah

6:1; 6:6; 6:7; 12:42

Esther

2:8

Job

15:8; 15:17; 26:14; 31:35; 32:10; 42:5

Psalms

6:10; 18:45; 22:23; 26:7; 26:7; 34:7; 34:18; 38:14; 38:15; 48:9; 55:20; 61:6; 66:8; 78:59; 92:12; 92:12; 94:9; 115:6; 143:8; 150:5

Proverbs

12:15; 20:12; 21:28; 21:28

Ecclesiastes

7:21; 9:17

Song of Songs

2:14; 2:14; 8:13; 8:13

Isaiah

1:19; 6:9; 21:3; 28:23; 28:23; 30:19; 30:19; 30:30; 32:3; 32:9; 33:19; 36:11; 37:9; 37:26; 39:1; 40:28; 41:26; 42:2; 42:9; 42:20; 43:12; 44:8; 48:3; 48:5; 52:7; 58:4; 59:1; 59:2; 62:11; 66:8

Jeremiah

3:13; 4:5; 4:15; 4:15; 5:15; 5:20; 5:21; 7:13; 7:26; 9:19; 11:3; 11:14; 12:17; 18:13; 18:19; 19:3; 20:1; 22:21; 26:7; 29:10; 31:18; 36:13; 50:29; 51:27; 51:46

Ezekiel

2:2; 2:5; 3:6; 12:2; 19:4; 36:15; 43:6

Daniel

8:13; 8:13; 9:19; 10:12; 12:7

Hosea

9:17

Amos

3:9; 4:1; 4:5; 7:16; 8:11

Micah

3:9; 5:14; 7:7

Nahum

2:1

Zechariah

7:11; 8:23

Malachi

2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8085 matches the Hebrew שָׁמַע (šāmaʿ),
which occurs 1,165 times in 1,072 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 22 (Gen 3:8–Gen 41:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 -

Now they heard H8085 the sound H6963 of the LORD H3068 God H430 walking H1980 in the garden H1588 in the [fn]cool H7307 of the day H3117, and the man H120 and his wife H802 hid H2244 themselves from the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 God H430 among H8432 the trees H6086 of the garden H1588.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - He said H559, “I heard H8085 the sound H6963 of You in the garden H1588, and I was H3372 afraid H3372 because H3588 I was naked H5903; so I hid H2244 myself.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 -

Then to Adam H121 He said H559, “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife H802, and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from it’;

Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;

With [fn]hard H6093 labor H6093 you shall eat H398 from it

All H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 -

Lamech H3929 said H559 to his wives H802,

“Adah H5711 and Zillah H6741,

Listen H8085 to my voice H6963,

You wives H802 of Lamech H3929,

Pay H238 attention H238 to my words H565,

For I have killed H2026 a man H376 for wounding H6482 me;

And a boy H3206 for striking H2250 me!

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - “Come H3051, [fn]let Us go H3381 down H3381 and there H8033 confuse H1101 their [fn]language H8193, so H834 that H834 they will not understand H8085 one H376 another’s H7453 [fn]speech H8193.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram H87 heard H8085 that his relative H251 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, he [fn]led H7324 out H7324 his trained H2593 men H2593, born H3211 in his house H1004, numbering 318 H7969 H3967 H8083 H6240, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far H5704 as Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - The angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559 to her further,

“Behold H2009, you are pregnant H2030,

And you will give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121;

And you shall name H7121 H8034 him [fn]Ishmael H3458,

Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has heard H8085 your affliction H6040.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael H3458, I have heard H8085 you; behold H2009, I will bless H1288 him, and make H6509 him fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235 him exceedingly H3966. He shall father H3205 twelve H8147 H6240 princes H5387, and I will make H5414 him into a great H1419 nation H1471.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - He said H559, “I will certainly H7725 return H7725 to you [fn]at this time H6256 next H2416 year H2416; and behold H2009, your wife H802 Sarah H8283 will have a son H1121.” And Sarah H8283 was listening H8085 at the tent H168 door H6607, which H1931 was behind H310 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:6 - Sarah H8283 said H559, “God H430 has made H6213 laughter H6712 for me; everyone H3605 who hears H8085 will laugh H6711 [fn]with me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God H430 said H559 to Abraham H85, “[fn]Do not be distressed H7489 because H5921 of the boy H5288 and your slave H519 woman H519; whatever H3605 H834 Sarah H8283 tells H559 you, listen H8085 to her, for through H4480 Isaac H3327 [fn]your descendants H2233 shall be named H7121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God H430 heard H8085 the boy H5288 crying H6963; and the angel H4397 of God H430 called H7121 to Hagar H1904 from heaven H8064 and said H559 to her, “[fn]What H4100 is the matter with you, Hagar H1904? Do not fear H3372, for God H430 has heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the boy H5288 where H834 H8033 he is.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And Abimelech H40 said H559, “I do not know H3045 who H4310 has done H6213 this H2088 thing H1697; you did not tell H5046 me, nor H1571 H3808 did I hear H8085 of it [fn]until H1115 today H3117.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - “And in your [fn]seed H2233 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 shall [fn]be blessed H1288, because H6118 H834 you have obeyed H8085 My voice H6963.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear H8085 us, my lord H113: you are a [fn]mighty H430 prince H5387 among H8432 us; bury H6912 your dead H4191 in the choicest H4005 of our graves H6913; none H376 H3808 of us will refuse H3607 you his grave H6913 for burying H6912 your dead H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - And he spoke H1696 with them, saying H559, “If H518 [fn]you are willing H5315 to let me bury H6912 my dead H4191 out of my sight H6440, listen H8085 to me, and plead H6293 with Ephron H6085 the son H1121 of Zohar H6714 for me,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No H3808, my lord H113, listen H8085 to me; I give H5414 you the field H7704, and I give H5414 you the cave H4631 that is in it. In the presence H5869 of the sons H1121 of my people H5971 I give H5414 it to you; bury H6912 your dead H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - But he spoke H1696 to Ephron H6085 [fn]so that the people H5971 of the land H776 heard H241, saying H559, “If H518 you will only H389 please H3863 listen H8085 to me; I will give H5414 the price H3701 of the field H7704, accept H3947 it from me so that I may bury H6912 my dead H4191 there H8033.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord H113, listen H8085 to me: a plot of land H776 worth [fn]four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver H3701—what H4100 is that between H996 me and you? So bury H6912 your dead H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - Abraham H85 listened H8085 to Ephron H6085; and Abraham H85 weighed H8254 out H8254 for Ephron H6085 the silver H3701 which H834 he had named H1696 in the [fn]presence H241 of the sons H1121 of Heth H2845, four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver H3701, currency acceptable H5674 to a merchant H5503.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - When he saw H7200 the ring H5141 and the bracelets H6781 on his sister’s H269 [fn]wrists H3027, and when he heard H8085 the words H1697 of his sister H269 Rebekah H7259, saying H559, “[fn]This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the man H376 said H1696 to me,” he went H935 to the man H376; and behold H2009, he was standing H5975 by the camels H1581 at the spring H5869.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 -

When H834 Abraham’s H85 servant H5650 heard H8085 their words H1697, he bowed H2331 himself to the ground H776 [fn]before the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because H6118 H834 Abraham H85 [fn]obeyed H8085 H6963 Me and fulfilled H8104 his duty H4931 to Me, and kept My commandments H4687, My statutes H2708, and My laws H8451.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 -

Now Rebekah H7259 was listening H8085 while Isaac H3327 spoke H1696 to his son H1121 Esau H6215. So when Esau H6215 went H1980 to the field H7704 to hunt H6679 for game H6718 to bring H935 home,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - Rebekah H7259 said H559 to her son H1121 Jacob H3290, “Behold H2009, I heard H8085 your father H1 speak H1696 to your brother H251 Esau H6215, saying H559,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:8 - “So now H6258, my son H1121, listen H8085 to [fn]me [fn]as I command H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - But his mother H517 said H559 to him, “Your curse H7045 be on me, my son H1121; only H389 obey H8085 my voice H6963, and go H1980, get H3947 the goats for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau H6215 heard H8085 the words H1697 of his father H1, he cried H6817 out H6817 with an exceedingly H3966 great H1419 and bitter H4751 cry H6818, and said H559 to his father H1, “Bless H1288 me, me as H1571 well H1571, my father H1!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - “Now H6258 then, my son H1121, obey H8085 my voice H6963, and arise H6965, [fn]flee H1272 to Haran H2771, to my brother H251 Laban H3837!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob H3290 had obeyed H8085 his father H1 and his mother H517 and had gone H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 -

So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 about Jacob H3290, his sister’s H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him, and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he told H5608 Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:33 - Then she conceived H2029 again H5750 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and said H559, “Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has [fn]heard H8085 that I am [fn]unloved H8130, He has therefore given H5414 me this H2088 son also H1571.” So she named H7121 H8034 him Simeon H8095.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:6 - Then Rachel H7354 said H559, “God H430 has [fn]vindicated H1777 me, and has indeed H1571 heard H8085 my voice H6963 and has given H5414 me a son H1121.” Therefore H5921 H3651 she named H7121 him [fn]Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - God H430 listened H8085 to Leah H3812, and she conceived H2029 and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a fifth H2549 son H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 -

Then God H430 remembered H2142 Rachel H7354, and God H430 listened H8085 to her and opened H6605 her womb H7358.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 -

Now [fn]Jacob heard H8085 the words H1697 of Laban’s H3837 sons H1121, saying H559, “Jacob H3290 has taken H3947 away all H3605 that was our father’s H1, and from what H834 belonged to our father H1 he has made H6213 all H3605 this H2088 [fn]wealth H3519.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:5 - Now Jacob H3290 heard H8085 that he had defiled H2930 his daughter H1323 Dinah H1783; but his sons H1121 were with his livestock H4735 in the field H7704, so Jacob H3290 said H2790 nothing H2790 until H5704 they came H935 in H935.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 came H935 in H935 from the field H7704 when they heard H8085 about it; and the men H376 were grieved H6087, and they were H2734 very H3966 angry H2734 because H3588 he had done H6213 a [fn]disgraceful H5039 thing H5039 in Israel H3478 by [fn]sleeping H7901 with Jacob’s H3290 daughter H1323, for such H3651 a H3651 thing H3651 ought not to be done H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - “But if H518 you do not listen H8085 to us to be circumcised H4135, then we will take H3947 our daughter H1323 and go H1980.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - All H3605 who went H3318 out H3318 of the gate H8179 of his city H5892 listened H8085 to Hamor H2544 and to his son H1121 Shechem H7927, and every H3605 male H2145 was circumcised H4135, all H3605 who went H3318 out H3318 of the gate H8179 of his city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

And it came H1961 about H1961, while Israel H3478 was living H7931 in that land H776, that Reuben H7205 went H1980 and slept H7901 with his father’s H1 concubine H6370 Bilhah H1090, and Israel H3478 heard H8085 about it.

Now there were twelve H8147 H6240 sons H1121 of Jacob H3290

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - He said H559 to them, “Please H4994 listen H8085 to this H2088 dream H2472 which H834 I have [fn]had H2492;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - Then the man H376 said H559, “They have moved H5265 from here H2088; for I heard H8085 them say H559, ‘Let’s go H1980 to Dothan H1886.’” So Joseph H3130 went H1980 after his brothers H251 and found H4672 them at Dothan H1886.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But Reuben H7205 heard H8085 this and rescued H5337 him out of their hands H3027 [fn]by saying H559, “Let’s not [fn]take H5221 his life H5315.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - “Come H1980, and let’s sell H4376 him to the Ishmaelites H3459 and not lay H1961 our hands H3027 on him, for he is our brother H251, our own flesh H1320.” And his brothers H251 listened H8085 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - Though she spoke H1696 to Joseph H3130 day H3117 after day H3117, he did not listen H8085 to her to lie H7901 beside H681 her or be with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:15 - “When he heard H8085 that I raised H7311 my voice H6963 and [fn]screamed H7121, he left H5800 his garment H899 beside H681 me and fled H5127 and went H3318 outside H2351.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 -

Now when his master H113 heard H8085 the words H1697 of his wife H802 which H834 she spoke H1696 to him, saying H559, “[fn]This H1697 H428 is what H1697 your slave H5650 did H6213 to me,” his anger H639 burned H2734.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to Joseph H3130, “I have had H2492 a dream H2472, but no H369 one H369 can interpret H6622 it; and I have heard H8085 [fn]it said H559 about H5921 you, that [fn]when you hear H8085 a dream H2472 you can interpret H6622 it.”

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