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Numbers 30:8

“But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.” (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
  • וְ — conjunction
  • שָׁמַ֥ע — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
Usage
Occurs 1,165 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:8Genesis 3:10Genesis 3:17Genesis 4:23Genesis 11:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.