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Psalms 18:45
“The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֵׁמַעshêmaʻ · shay'-mah
H8088 · Hebrew
H8088 · Hebrew
- Definition
- something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
- Derivation
- from H8085 (שָׁמַע);
- KJV renderings
- bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- שֵׁ֣מַֽע — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 29:13Exodus 23:1Numbers 14:15Deuteronomy 2:251 Kings 10:1
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 שֵׁמַע here.
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.