shema (to hear) · Rightly

Meaning

To hear(P'al) to hear, have a sense of hearing · (Ithpael) to show oneself obedient

How it's translated

you will hear 2
hearing 2
he will hear 1
and i have heard 1
i have heard 1
he heard 1
so they may obey 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Daniel 9

1 book in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Daniel 3:7In contextTherefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel 3:10In contextThou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Daniel 5:14In contextI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Daniel 5:16In contextAnd I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel 5:23In contextBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

All 9 verses, by book

Daniel 9: 3:5 3:7 3:10 3:15 5:14 5:16 5:23 6:14 7:27

Aramaic dictionary

שְׁמַע shema · to hear

1) to hear 1a) (P'al) to hear, have a sense of hearing 1b) (Ithpael) to show oneself obedient

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HEAR, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive heard, but more correctly heared.

To perceive by the ear; to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs; as, to hear sound; to hear a voice; to hear words.
To give audience or allowance to speak.“He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ” Acts 24:24
To attend; to listen; to obey.
To attend favorably; to regard.“They think they shall be heard for their much speaking” Matthew 6:7

All definitions and other forms of “hear”

To grant an answer to prayer.“I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice” Psalms 116:1
To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. Song of Solomon 2:14
To acknowledge a title; a Latin phrase.
To be a hearer of; to sit under the preaching of; as, what minister do you hear? [A colloquial use of the word.]
To learn.“I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him” John 8:26
To approve and embrace.

HEAR, verb intransitive

To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear

To listen; to hearken; to attend.
To be told; to receive by report.“I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it” 1 Corinthians 11:18

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.