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title: שֶׁמַע — sound · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁמַע (lemma:שֶׁמַע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sound. BDB 1906: sound. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁמַע

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«שֶׁמַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sound** — 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:** lemma:שֶׁמַע · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫מַע

### Glosses

of.sound (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5de_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5de_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sound;—הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָׁ֑מַע ψ 150:5 (‖ תְּרוּעָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5de_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 150:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.150.5/)

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הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁ֑מַע הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י תְרוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* praise him with cymbals of.sound praise him with cymbals of.shouting

*JPS 1917:* Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.

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