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title: שְׁמַע — Shema · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁמַע (8090), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shema. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁמַע

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«שְׁמַע» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8090 · **BDB:** שְׁמַע

### Glosses

Shema (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shema [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8090/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8090/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in S. Judah, Jos 15:26, Σα(λ)μα(α).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «שְׁמַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8090/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.26/)

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אֲמָ֥ם וּשְׁמַ֖ע וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Amam and Shema and Moladah

*JPS 1917:* Amam, and Shema, and Moladah;

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