Hebrew · H8085, H3478 · unreviewed

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל

To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell , etc.) · He will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of His posterity

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שָׁמַע H8085 to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell , etc.)
Pronunciation šāmaʿ
Hearing that demands obedience: listening as covenantal response, not mere acoustic perception.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

What does שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל (Shema Yisrael) mean in the Bible?

שָׁמַע · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew word meaning "Hear, O Israel — the covenant summoning address".

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Meaning

Hear, O Israel — the covenant summoning address
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 659×
Perfect 1Kgs 5:14 · 1Sam 13:4 · 1Sam 14:22 · 2Kgs 3:21 · 2Kgs 17:14 · 2Kgs 17:40 · 2Kgs 18:12 · 2Kgs 21:9 · 2Kgs 22:13 · 2Sam 18:5 · Esth 1:18 · Exod 6:9 · Exod 6:12 · Exod 15:14 · Exod 16:20 · Ezek 12:2 271×
Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 22:28 · 1Sam 22:7 · 2Chr 18:18 · 2Chr 18:27 · 2Kgs 7:1 · 2Kgs 18:28 · 2Sam 20:16 · Amos 3:1 · Amos 3:13 · Amos 4:1 · Amos 5:1 · Amos 8:4 · Ezek 6:3 · Ezek 13:2 · Ezek 18:25 · Ezek 25:3 157×
Imperfect 1Kgs 8:30 · 1Kgs 8:32 · 1Kgs 8:34 · 1Kgs 8:36 · 1Kgs 8:39 · 1Kgs 8:43 · 1Kgs 11:38 · 1Sam 24:10 · 2Chr 6:21 · 2Chr 6:23 · 2Chr 6:25 · 2Chr 6:27 · 2Chr 6:30 · 2Chr 6:33 · 2Sam 15:35 · Deut 13:4 141×
Participle active 1Kgs 3:9 · 1Kgs 10:1 · 1Sam 2:23 · 1Sam 2:24 · 1Sam 3:9 · 1Sam 3:10 · 1Sam 15:14 · 2Kgs 10:6 · 2Kgs 18:26 · 2Sam 20:17 · Deut 4:12 · Deut 21:18 · Deut 21:20 · Eccl 7:5 · Exod 32:18 · Ezek 13:19 48×
Infinitive absolute 1Sam 23:10 · Deut 1:16 · Deut 11:13 · Deut 15:5 · Deut 28:1 · Exod 15:26 · Exod 19:5 · Exod 22:22 · Exod 23:22 · Isa 6:9 · Isa 55:2 · Jer 17:24 · Jer 31:18 · Job 13:17 · Job 21:2 · Job 37:2 17×
Jussive 2Kgs 18:31 · 2Kgs 18:32 · Isa 36:16 · Jer 23:16 · Jer 27:9 · Jer 27:14 · Jer 27:16 · Jer 27:17 · Jer 29:8 · 1Kgs 20:8 · 1Sam 13:3 · 1Sam 26:19 12×
Infinitive construct 1Sam 15:22 · Dan 9:11 · Deut 17:12 · Isa 28:12 · Isa 30:9 · Jer 16:12 · Jer 17:23 · Jer 18:10 · Jer 19:15 · Jer 42:13 · Num 30:9 11×
Cohortative Jer 4:21 · Ps 85:9
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 34×
Perfect 1Kgs 6:7 · Eccl 12:13 · Ezek 10:5 · Ezra 3:13 · Gen 45:16 · Isa 15:4 · Jer 3:21 · Jer 8:16 · Jer 9:18 · Jer 38:27 · Jer 49:21 · Jer 50:46 · Neh 6:1 · Neh 6:6 · Song 2:12 · Dan 10:12 16×
Imperfect 1Sam 1:13 · Exod 23:13 · Ezek 19:9 · Ezek 26:13 · Isa 60:18 · Isa 65:19 · Jer 6:7 · Jer 33:10 · Job 37:4 · Nah 2:14 · Neh 6:7 · 2Sam 22:45 · Ps 18:45 · Jer 18:22 14×
Participle passive Eccl 9:16 · Eccl 9:17 · Jer 31:15
Participle active Ps 19:4
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 29×
Sequential imperfect Amos 3:9 · Amos 4:5 · Isa 48:20 · Jer 4:5 · Jer 4:16 · Jer 31:7 · Jer 50:2 · Jer 50:29 · Jer 51:27
Participle active 1Chr 15:16 · 1Chr 15:28 · 1Chr 16:5 · Isa 41:26 · Isa 52:7 · Nah 2:1
Perfect 1Kgs 15:22 · 2Kgs 7:6 · Isa 45:21 · Isa 62:11 · Jer 48:4 · Ps 76:9
Imperfect Ezek 36:15 · Isa 42:9 · Isa 42:2 · Ps 106:2 · Josh 6:10 · Neh 8:15
Jussive Judg 18:25
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