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# שְׁמוּעָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8052

**report** — used 27 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

report [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8052/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁמוּעָה: n.f. report [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8052/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. report;—abs. שׁ׳ 1 S 4:19 +, שְׁמֻעָה 2:24 +; cstr. שְׁמֻעַת 2 S 4:4; sf. שְׁמֻעָתֵ֫נוּ Is 53:1; pl. abs. שְׁמֻעוֹת Dn 11:44;— report, sometimes after שָׁמַע 1 S 2:24; 4:19 (= news), 1 K 10:7 = 2 Ch 9:6, 2 K 19:7 = Is 37:7, Je 51:46; שׁ׳ רָעָה Je 49:23, cf. ψ 112:7, and שׁ׳ טוֹבָה Pr 15:30; 25:25; tidings about Saul 2 S 4:4; c. בָּאָה 13:30 (+ לֵאמֹר), 1 K 2:28 Ez 21:12 Je 10:22, cf. 51:46 + (בָּאָה om.) v 46; תָּבוֹא שׁ׳ אֶל־שׁ׳ Ez 7:26; שׁ׳ יְבַהֲלֻהוּ Dn 11:44; שְׁמוּעָתֵנוּ Is 53:1 the report that reached us, cf. also Is 28:9, 19 Je 49:14 Ob 1 (De Du al. specif. of prophetic message, but v. Gie Beiträge 155 f. We Now Ob 1). = mention, לֹא הֽיְתָה סְדֹם לִשׁ׳ בְּפִיךְ Ez 16:56.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: report (12); a report (7); \[the\] message (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 15:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.30/#tree)

מְֽאוֹר־עֵ֭ינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה תְּדַשֶּׁן־עָֽצֶם׃

*Word for word:* light of.eyes it.makes.glad a.heart a.report good it.makes.fat \[the\].bone\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report maketh the bones fat.

[Psalms 112:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.112.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.112.7/#tree)

מִשְּׁמוּעָ֣ה רָ֭עָה לֹ֣א יִירָ֑א נָכ֥וֹן לִ֝בּ֗וֹ בָּטֻ֥חַ בַּיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from new\[s\] bad not he.will.be.afraid \[is\].steadfast heart his trusting in Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is stedfast, trusting in the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8052.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8052/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).