שֵׁ֫מַע

Genesis 29:13 שֵׁ֣מַע׀ [the] report of

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

Exodus 23:1 שֵׁ֣מַע a report of

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Here: From the verb "to hear": something heard, a report or rumour about someone. In a court setting this is hearsay, an account passed from mouth to mouth.

Numbers 14:15 שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ report your

If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

Deuteronomy 2:25 שִׁמְעֲךָ֔ report your

This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

Here: From the same root as 'hear', so the Hebrew says 'they will hear your hearing', meaning the news about you. This is the reputation of what Israel's God does for Israel.

1 Kings 10:1 שֵׁ֥מַע [the] report of

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

Here: A noun from the same root as "hearing": literally "she was hearing the hearing of Solomon". It means the news and reputation that travelled about him. It sounds very like shem, "name", two words later.

2 Chronicles 9:1 שֵׁ֣מַע [the] report of

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

Here: What people say about someone: news passed on by word of mouth. It is secondhand, which is why in v. 6 she says she did not believe 'their words' until she saw for herself.

Job 28:22 שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃ report its

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

Job 42:5 לְשֵֽׁמַע־ to [the] hearing of

My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

Here: The preposition le- ("by, according to") plus the noun for what is heard: a report or reputation passed by word of mouth. It frames Job's earlier knowledge of God as received, secondhand knowledge.

Psalm 18:44 לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע to [the] hearing of

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

Here: "At the hearing of": the prefix le- marks the moment or the occasion. The word means the report or news that reaches someone. They react the moment word of the king arrives, before he shows up in person.

Psalm 150:5 שָׁ֑מַע sound

Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

Isaiah 23:5 שֵׁ֖מַע כְּשֵׁ֥מַע a report, like [the] report of

When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

Isaiah 66:19 שִׁמְעִי֙ report my

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

Here: 'My report': the news about me, what is said about God's deeds. Same root as 'hear', so literally 'they have not heard my hearing', a deliberate sound-echo.

Jeremiah 37:5 שִׁמְעָ֔ם report their

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 50:43 שִׁמְעָ֖ם report their

The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Hosea 7:12 כְּשֵׁ֖מַע according to a report

As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

Nahum 3:19 שִׁמְעֲךָ֗ <of> report your

There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

Habakkuk 3:2 שִׁמְעֲךָ֮ report your

O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

Here: 'What is heard about you': the report or reputation of God, built up from what he has done. It comes from the same root as the verb before it.