8052. shemuah

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shemuah: Report, news, rumor, tidings

Original Word: שְׁמוּעָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: shmuw`ah
Pronunciation: shem-oo-AH
Phonetic Spelling: (sehm-oo-aw')
Definition: Report, news, rumor, tidings
Meaning: something heard, an announcement

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings

Feminine passive participle of shamem; something heard, i.e. An announcement -- bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.

see HEBREW shamem

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from shama
Definition
a report
NASB Translation
heard (1), message (3), news (6), report (10), rumor (4), rumors (1), tidings (1), what it means (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שְׁמוּעָה noun feminine report; — absolute ׳שׁ 1 Samuel 4:19 +, שְׁמֻעָה 1 Samuel 2:24 +; construct שְׁמֻעַת 2 Samuel 4:4; suffix שְׁמֻעָתֵ֫נוּ Isaiah 53:1; plural absolute שְׁמֻעוֺת Daniel 11:44; —

1 report, sometimes after שָׁמַע 1 Samuel 2:24; 1 Samuel 4:19 (= news), 1 Kings 10:7 2Chronicles 9:6; 2 Kings 19:7= Isaiah 37:7; Jeremiah 51:46; רָעָה ׳שׁ Jeremiah 49:23, compare Psalm 112:7, and טוֺבָח ׳שׁ Proverbs 15:30; Proverbs 25:25; tidings about Saul 2 Samuel 4:4; with בָּאָה 2 Samuel 13:30 (+ לֵאמֹר), 1 Kings 2:28; Ezekiel 21:12; Jeremiah 10:22, compare Jeremiah 51:46 + (בָּאָה omitted) Jeremiah 51:46; ׳אֶלשֿׁ ׳תָּבוֺא שׁ Ezekiel 7:28; יְבַהֲלֻהוּ ׳שׁ Daniel 11:44; שְׁמוּעָתֵנוּ Isaiah 53:1 the report that reached us compare also Isaiah 28:9,19; Jeremiah 49:14; Obadiah 1 (De Du and others specifically of prophetic message but see Gie^{Beiträge 155 f.} We Now^Obadiah).

2 = mention בְּפִיךְ ׳לאֹ הָֽיְתָח סְדֹם לִשׁ Ezekiel 16:56.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root שָׁמַע (shama‘), meaning "to hear" or "to listen."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G5345 (phēmē): This Greek term is often used in the New Testament to denote a report, fame, or rumor. It shares a similar semantic range with שְׁמוּעָה, as it pertains to information that is spread by word of mouth. The use of G5345 in the New Testament highlights the continuity of the concept of hearing and reporting from the Hebrew Bible into the Greek-speaking world of the early Christian era.

Usage: The word שְׁמוּעָה appears in various contexts within the Hebrew Bible, often relating to news or reports that are spread among people. It can refer to both true and false reports, and it is used in contexts of both good and bad news.

Context: • Occurrences in the Hebrew Bible: The term שְׁמוּעָה is used in several passages, including Isaiah 28:9, where it is associated with the teaching and understanding of a message. In Jeremiah 49:14, it refers to a report or message that has been heard among the nations. In Ezekiel 7:26, it is used in the context of a calamity or disaster that is announced.
• Theological Implications: The concept of שְׁמוּעָה underscores the importance of communication and the transmission of information in biblical times. It highlights the role of hearing in the dissemination of divine messages, prophecies, and news. The reliability of a שְׁמוּעָה is often a concern, as it can influence the actions and beliefs of individuals and communities.
• Cultural Context: In the ancient Near Eastern context, oral communication was a primary means of sharing information. Reports and announcements were crucial for maintaining social order, conveying royal decrees, and spreading news of significant events. The term שְׁמוּעָה reflects this cultural reliance on spoken word and the power of hearing in shaping public perception.

Forms and Transliterations

בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה בשמועה הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔ה הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה השמועה השמעה וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ וּשְׁמֻע֣וֹת וּשְׁמֻעָ֥ה וּשְׁמוּעָ֥ה והשמעה ושמועה ושמעה ושמעות לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּ לִשְׁמוּעָ֖ה לשמועה לשמעתנו מִשְּׁמוּעָ֣ה משמועה שְׁמֻעַת֩ שְׁמֻעָ֥ה שְׁמוּעָ֑ה שְׁמוּעָ֖ה שְׁמוּעָ֣ה שְׁמוּעָ֤ה שְׁמוּעָ֥ה שְׁמוּעָ֨ה שְׁמוּעָֽה׃ שְׁמוּעָה֙ שמועה שמועה׃ שמעה שמעת baš·šə·mū·‘āh bashshemuAh baššəmū‘āh haš·šə·mu·‘āh haš·šə·mū·‘āh hashshemuAh haššəmu‘āh haššəmū‘āh liš·mu·‘ā·ṯê·nū liš·mū·‘āh lishmuAh lishmuaTenu lišmū‘āh lišmu‘āṯênū miš·šə·mū·‘āh mishshemuAh miššəmū‘āh šə·mu·‘āh šə·mū·‘āh šə·mu·‘aṯ šəmu‘āh šəmū‘āh šəmu‘aṯ shemuAh shemuAt ū·šə·mu·‘āh ū·šə·mū·‘āh ū·šə·mu·‘ō·wṯ ūšəmu‘āh ūšəmū‘āh ūšəmu‘ōwṯ ushemuAh ushemuot vehashshemuAh wə·haš·šə·mu·‘āh wəhaššəmu‘āh

Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 2:24
HEB: לֽוֹא־ טוֹבָ֤ה הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י
NAS: my sons; for the report is not good
KJV: for [it is] no good report that I hear:
INT: is not good the report which I

1 Samuel 4:19
HEB: וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־ הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔ה אֶל־ הִלָּקַח֙
NAS: and when she heard the news that the ark
KJV: and when she heard the tidings that
INT: to give heard the news that was taken

2 Samuel 4:4
HEB: הָיָ֡ה בְּבֹ֣א שְׁמֻעַת֩ שָׁא֨וּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ן
NAS: old when the report of Saul
KJV: old when the tidings came
INT: happened came the report of Saul and Jonathan

2 Samuel 13:30
HEB: הֵ֣מָּה בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה בָ֔אָה אֶל־
NAS: Now it was while they were on the way that the report came
KJV: And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came
INT: were on the way the report came to

1 Kings 2:28
HEB: וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ בָּ֣אָה עַד־
NAS: Now the news came to Joab,
KJV: Then tidings came to Joab:
INT: now the news came against

1 Kings 10:7
HEB: וָט֔וֹב אֶל־ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃
NAS: and prosperity the report which
KJV: exceedeth the fame which I heard.
INT: and prosperity about the report which heard

2 Kings 19:7
HEB: ר֔וּחַ וְשָׁמַ֥ע שְׁמוּעָ֖ה וְשָׁ֣ב לְאַרְצ֑וֹ
NAS: in him so that he will hear a rumor and return
KJV: upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return
INT: A spirit will hear A rumor and return land

2 Chronicles 9:6
HEB: יָסַ֕פְתָּ עַל־ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃
NAS: me. You surpass the report that I heard.
KJV: me: [for] thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
INT: surpass and the report i heard

Psalm 112:7
HEB: מִשְּׁמוּעָ֣ה רָ֭עָה לֹ֣א
NAS: evil tidings; His heart
KJV: of evil tidings: his heart
INT: tidings evil He will not

Proverbs 15:30
HEB: יְשַׂמַּֽח־ לֵ֑ב שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה תְּדַשֶּׁן־
NAS: Good news puts fat
KJV: [and] a good report maketh
INT: gladden the heart news Good puts

Proverbs 25:25
HEB: נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וּשְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: So is good news from a distant
KJV: so [is] good news from a far
INT: soul to a weary news is good land

Isaiah 28:9
HEB: מִ֖י יָבִ֣ין שְׁמוּעָ֑ה גְּמוּלֵי֙ מֵֽחָלָ֔ב
NAS: would He interpret the message? Those [just] weaned
KJV: and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned
INT: whom interpret bruit from the milk

Isaiah 28:19
HEB: זְוָעָ֖ה הָבִ֥ין שְׁמוּעָֽה׃
NAS: terror to understand what it means.
KJV: only [to] understand the report.
INT: terror to understand what

Isaiah 37:7
HEB: ר֔וּחַ וְשָׁמַ֥ע שְׁמוּעָ֖ה וְשָׁ֣ב אֶל־
NAS: in him so that he will hear a rumor and return
KJV: upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return
INT: A spirit will hear A rumor and return to his

Isaiah 53:1
HEB: מִ֥י הֶאֱמִ֖ין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּ וּזְר֥וֹעַ יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: has believed our message? And to whom
KJV: Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm
INT: Who has believed bruit has the arm of the LORD

Jeremiah 10:22
HEB: ק֤וֹל שְׁמוּעָה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה בָאָ֔ה
NAS: The sound of a report! Behold,
KJV: Behold, the noise of the bruit is come,
INT: the sound of a report Behold comes

Jeremiah 49:14
HEB: שְׁמוּעָ֤ה שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ מֵאֵ֣ת
NAS: I have heard a message from the LORD,
KJV: I have heard a rumour from the LORD,
INT: A message have heard the LORD

Jeremiah 49:23
HEB: וְאַרְפָּ֔ד כִּי־ שְׁמֻעָ֥ה רָעָ֛ה שָׁמְע֖וּ
NAS: bad news; They are disheartened.
KJV: evil tidings: they are fainthearted;
INT: and Arpad for news bad have heard

Jeremiah 51:46
HEB: לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְתִֽירְא֔וּ בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה הַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַת בָּאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: And you are not afraid at the report that [will be] heard
KJV: and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard
INT: your heart afraid the report that heard the land

Jeremiah 51:46
HEB: וּבָ֧א בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה וְאַחֲרָ֤יו בַּשָּׁנָה֙
NAS: in the land-- For the report will come
KJV: in the land; a rumour shall both come
INT: will come year report and after year

Jeremiah 51:46
HEB: וְאַחֲרָ֤יו בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה וְחָמָ֣ס בָּאָ֔רֶץ
NAS: And after that another report in another year,
KJV: that in [another] year [shall come] a rumour, and violence
INT: and after year report and violence the land

Ezekiel 7:26
HEB: הֹוָה֙ תָּב֔וֹא וּשְׁמֻעָ֥ה אֶל־ שְׁמוּעָ֖ה
NAS: upon disaster and rumor will be [added] to rumor;
KJV: upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour;
INT: disaster will come and rumor will be upon rumor

Ezekiel 7:26
HEB: וּשְׁמֻעָ֥ה אֶל־ שְׁמוּעָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶ֑ה וּבִקְשׁ֤וּ
NAS: and rumor will be [added] to rumor; then they will seek
KJV: and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek
INT: and rumor will be upon rumor become will seek

Ezekiel 16:56
HEB: סְדֹ֣ם אֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ לִשְׁמוּעָ֖ה בְּפִ֑יךְ בְּי֖וֹם
NAS: Sodom was not heard from your lips
KJV: Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth
INT: Sodom your sister heard your lips your day

Ezekiel 21:7
HEB: וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ אֶל־ שְׁמוּעָ֣ה כִֽי־ בָאָ֡ה
NAS: Because of the news that is coming;
KJV: thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh:
INT: say Because of the news and when is coming

27 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8052
27 Occurrences

baš·šə·mū·‘āh — 1 Occ.
haš·šə·mu·‘āh — 6 Occ.
liš·mū·‘āh — 1 Occ.
liš·mu·‘ā·ṯê·nū — 1 Occ.
miš·šə·mū·‘āh — 1 Occ.
šə·mū·‘āh — 11 Occ.
šə·mu·‘aṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·šə·mū·‘āh — 2 Occ.
ū·šə·mu·‘ō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·haš·šə·mu·‘āh — 2 Occ.