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title: שְׁמוּעָה — report · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁמוּעָה (8052), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: report. BDB 1906: n.f. report. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁמוּעָה

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«שְׁמוּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **report** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 27 times · **Key:** 8052 · **BDB:** שְׁמוּעָה

### Glosses

report (12); a.report (7); \[the\].message (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

report [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8052/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. report [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8052/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. report;—abs. שׁ׳ 1 S 4:19 +, שְׁמֻעָה 2:24 +; cstr. שְׁמֻעַת 2 S 4:4; sf. שְׁמֻעָתֵ֫נוּ Is 53:1; pl. abs. שְׁמֻעוֹת Dn 11:44;— report, sometimes after שָׁמַע 1 S 2:24; 4:19 (= news), 1 K 10:7 = 2 Ch 9:6, 2 K 19:7 = Is 37:7, Je 51:46; שׁ׳ רָעָה Je 49:23, cf. ψ 112:7, and שׁ׳ טוֹבָה Pr 15:30; 25:25; tidings about Saul 2 S 4:4; c. בָּאָה 13:30 (+ לֵאמֹר), 1 K 2:28 Ez 21:12 Je 10:22, cf. 51:46 + (בָּאָה om.) v 46; תָּבוֹא שׁ׳ אֶל־שׁ׳ Ez 7:26; שׁ׳ יְבַהֲלֻהוּ Dn 11:44; שְׁמוּעָתֵנוּ Is 53:1 the report that reached us, cf. also Is 28:9, 19 Je 49:14 Ob 1 (De Du al. specif. of prophetic message, but v. Gie Beiträge 155 f. We Now Ob 1). = mention, לֹא הֽיְתָה סְדֹם לִשׁ׳ בְּפִיךְ Ez 16:56.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁמוּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8052/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.30/)

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מְֽאוֹר־עֵ֭ינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה תְּדַשֶּׁן־עָֽצֶם׃

*Word for word:* light of.eyes it.makes.glad a.heart a.report good it.makes.fat \[the\].bone\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report maketh the bones fat.

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[Psalms 112:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.112.7/)

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מִשְּׁמוּעָ֣ה רָ֭עָה לֹ֣א יִירָ֑א נָכ֥וֹן לִ֝בּ֗וֹ בָּטֻ֥חַ בַּיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from new\[s\] bad not he.will.be.afraid \[is\].steadfast heart his trusting in Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is stedfast, trusting in the LORD.

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