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title: שֶׁמַע — Shema · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁמַע (8087), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Shema. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁמַע

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«שֶׁמַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shema** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8087 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫מַע²

### Glosses

Shema (4); of.Shema (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shema [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8087/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8087/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. usually Σαμα(α), Σεμαα (cf. Sab. n.pr. סמע Hal509);— in Judah 1 Ch 2:44, שָׁ֑מַע v 43. in Reuben 5:8. in Benj. 8:13 (= שִׁמְעִי v 21). post-ex. Ne 8:4, Σαμαιας.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁמַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8087/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.43/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י חֶבְר֑וֹן קֹ֥רַח וְתַפֻּ֖חַ וְרֶ֥קֶם וָשָֽׁמַע׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Hebron \[were\].Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

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[1 Chronicles 2:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.44/)

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וְשֶׁ֣מַע הוֹלִ֔יד אֶת־רַ֖חַם אֲבִ֣י יָרְקֳעָ֑ם וְרֶ֖קֶם הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־שַׁמָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Shema he.fathered (et) Raham the.father of.Jorkeam and Rekem he.fathered (et) Shammai

*JPS 1917:* And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai.

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