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Isaiah 37:9

“And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁמַעshâmaʻ · shaw-mah'
H8085 · Hebrew

Definition: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּשְׁמַ֗ע — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 1,165 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:8 Genesis 3:10 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 4:23 Genesis 11:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמַע here.

Verse 8 Verse 10

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.