"שמע" meaning in Hebrew

See שמע in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃmaʕ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ʃaˈmaː.aʕ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ʃəˈmaʕ/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ʃæˈmæːʕ] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ʃeˈmaʕ/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʃeˈma/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʃma/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ʃma/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: שְׁמַע [canonical], sh'má [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سمع. Etymology templates: {{etymon|he|inh|sem-pro>*šamaʕ->hear|id=hear}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*šamaʕ-}} Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-, {{cog|ar|سمع}} Arabic سمع Head templates: {{he-proper noun|tr=sh'má|wv=שְׁמַע}} שְׁמַע • (sh'má)
  1. the Shema Synonyms: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל (sh'má yisra'él)
    Sense id: en-שמע-he-name-T-DAY4ku Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 79 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 79 7 6 7 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 80 7 6 7 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל: 14 31 21 34

Noun

IPA: /ʃimʕ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈʃeː.maʕ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ˈʃeː.maʕ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈʃe.maʕ/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ˈʃeː.mæʕ] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ˈʃe.maʕ/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈʃe.ma/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈʃej.ma/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈʃe.ma/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: שֵׁמַע [canonical], shéma [romanization], שמעים [indefinite, plural], שמע־ [construct, singular], שמעי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سمع. Etymology templates: {{etymon|he|inh|sem-pro>*šamaʕ->hear|id=hear}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*šamaʕ-}} Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-, {{cog|ar|سمع}} Arabic سمع Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=שמע|g=m|pat=קֵטֶל|pl=שמעים|plcons=שמעי|tr=shéma|wv=שֵׁמַע}} שֵׁמַע • (shéma) m (plural indefinite שמעים, singular construct שמע־, plural construct שמעי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
  1. audio
    Sense id: en-שמע-he-noun-btiRnOIE Categories (other): Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל: 14 31 21 34

Verb

IPA: /ʃaːˈmaʕ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ʃɔːˈmaʕ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ʃɔˑˈmaː.aʕ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ʃɔˈmaʕ/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ʃɔ(ː)ˈmaːʕ] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ʃaˈmaʕ/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʃaˈma/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʃɔˈma/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ʃaˈma/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سمع. Etymology templates: {{etymon|he|inh|sem-pro>*šamaʕ->hear|id=hear}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*šamaʕ-}} Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-, {{cog|ar|سمع}} Arabic سمع Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|pass=נִשְׁמַע|tr=shamá|wv=שָׁמַע|ל=ע}} שָׁמַע • (shamá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִשְׁמַע) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|שׁמע}} Forms: שָׁמַע [canonical], shamá [romanization], נִשְׁמַע [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], שָׁמַעְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], שָׁמַעְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], שָׁמַעְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], שָׁמַעְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], שְׁמַעְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], שְׁמַעְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], שָׁמַע [masculine, past, singular, third-person], שָׁמְעָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], שָׁמְעוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], שׁוֹמֵעַ [masculine, present, singular], שׁוֹמַעַת [feminine, present, singular], שׁוֹמְעִים [masculine, plural, present], שׁוֹמְעוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶשְׁמַע [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִשְׁמַע [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּשְׁמַע [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּשְׁמְעִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּשְׁמְעוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּשְׁמַעְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִשְׁמַע [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּשְׁמַע [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִשְׁמְעוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּשְׁמַעְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], שְׁמַע [imperative, masculine, singular], שִׁמְעִי [feminine, imperative, singular], שִׁמְעוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], שְׁמַעְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to hear Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-שמע-he-verb-jqEb34OJ Categories (other): Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל: 14 31 21 34
  2. to listen Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-שמע-he-verb-S9Bbg5z0 Categories (other): Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל: 14 31 21 34

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sem-pro>*šamaʕ->hear",
        "id": "hear"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*šamaʕ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "سمع"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سمع",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سمع.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שֵׁמַע",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shéma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שמעים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שמע־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שמעי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "שמע",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֵטֶל",
        "pl": "שמעים",
        "plcons": "שמעי",
        "tr": "shéma",
        "wv": "שֵׁמַע"
      },
      "expansion": "שֵׁמַע • (shéma) m (plural indefinite שמעים, singular construct שמע־, plural construct שמעי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 31 21 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "audio"
      ],
      "id": "en-שמע-he-noun-btiRnOIE",
      "links": [
        [
          "audio",
          "audio"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃimʕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃeː.maʕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃeː.maʕ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃe.maʕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃeː.mæʕ]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃe.maʕ/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃe.ma/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃej.ma/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃe.ma/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמע"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sem-pro>*šamaʕ->hear",
        "id": "hear"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*šamaʕ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "سمع"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سمع",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سمع.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שָׁמַע",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shamá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִשְׁמַע",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמַעְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמַעְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמַעְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמַעְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁמַעְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁמַעְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמְעָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׁמְעוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹמֵעַ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹמַעַת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹמְעִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שׁוֹמְעוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶשְׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִשְׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁמְעִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁמְעוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁמַעְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִשְׁמְעוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּשְׁמַעְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁמַע",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמְעִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׁמְעוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׁמַעְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "pass": "נִשְׁמַע",
        "tr": "shamá",
        "wv": "שָׁמַע",
        "ל": "ע"
      },
      "expansion": "שָׁמַע • (shamá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִשְׁמַע)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "שׁמע"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 31 21 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hear"
      ],
      "id": "en-שמע-he-verb-jqEb34OJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "hear",
          "hear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 31 21 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to listen"
      ],
      "id": "en-שמע-he-verb-S9Bbg5z0",
      "links": [
        [
          "listen",
          "listen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaːˈmaʕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɔːˈmaʕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔˑˈmaː.aʕ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɔˈmaʕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔ(ː)ˈmaːʕ]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaˈmaʕ/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaˈma/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɔˈma/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaˈma/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שמע"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sem-pro>*šamaʕ->hear",
        "id": "hear"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*šamaʕ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "سمع"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سمع",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Arabic سمع.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "שְׁמַע",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh'má",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "sh'má",
        "wv": "שְׁמַע"
      },
      "expansion": "שְׁמַע • (sh'má)",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 7 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
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      "ipa": "[ʃæˈmæːʕ]",
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      "roman": "sh'má yisra'él",
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    }
  ],
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}

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