שָׁמַע shâmaʻ — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc
Translated in the KJV as × attentively, call together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to.
a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.).
shâmaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 276Imperative 201Imperfect (yiqtol) 167Wayyiqtol 143Infinitive construct 129Participle (active) 64Sequential perfect (weqatal) 42Infinitive absolute 17Jussive 14Cohortative 4
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Hiph'il
Imperative 18Imperfect (yiqtol) 15Perfect (qatal) 12Participle (active) 9Infinitive construct 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Jussive 1Wayyiqtol 1
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 18Imperfect (yiqtol) 14Wayyiqtol 3Participle (passive) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Participle (active) 2Infinitive construct 1
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Pi'el
Wayyiqtol 2
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›