Verb – PA'AL
Root: שׁ - מ - ע
The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
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Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Present tense / Participle | שׁוֹמֵעַ shomea I / you m. sg. / he / it hear(s) | שׁוֹמַעַת shoma'at I / you f. sg. / she / it hear(s) | שׁוֹמְעִים shom'im we / you m. pl. / they m. hear | שׁוֹמְעוֹת shom'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. hear | |
Past tense | 1st | שָׁמַעְתִּי shamati I heard | שָׁמַעְנוּ shamanu we heard | ||
2nd | שָׁמַעְתָּ shamata you m. sg. heard | שָׁמַעְתְּ shamat you f. sg. heard | שְׁמַעְתֶּם shma'atem you m. pl. heard The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: שָׁמַעְתֶּם shamatem | שְׁמַעְתֶּן shma'aten you f. pl. heard The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: שָׁמַעְתֶּן shamaten | |
3rd | שָׁמַע shama he / it heard | שָׁמְעָה sham'a she / it heard | שָׁמְעוּ sham'u they heard | ||
Future tense | 1st | אֶשְׁמַע eshma I will hear | נִשְׁמַע nishma we will hear | ||
2nd | תִּשְׁמַע tishma you m. sg. will hear | תִּשְׁמְעִי tishme'i you f. sg. will hear | תִּשְׁמְעוּ tishme'u you m. pl. will hear | תִּשְׁמַעְנָה tishmana you f. pl. will hear In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּשְׁמְעוּ tishme'u | |
3rd | יִשְׁמַע yishma he / it will hear | תִּשְׁמַע tishma she / it will hear | יִשְׁמְעוּ yishme'u they m. will hear | תִּשְׁמַעְנָה tishmana they f. will hear In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִשְׁמְעוּ yishme'u | |
Imperative | שְׁמַע! shma! (to a man) hear! | שִׁמְעִי! shim'i! (to a woman) hear! | שִׁמְעוּ! shim'u! (to men) hear! | שְׁמַעְנָה! shmana! (to women) hear! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: שִׁמְעוּ! shim'u! | |
Infinitive | לִשְׁמֹעַ ~ לשמוע lishmoa to hear |
Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
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הַשְׁמָעָה | שׁ - מ - ע | Noun – haktala pattern, feminine | playback, playing (of music, a recording); reading aloud |
מַשְׁמָע | שׁ - מ - ע | Noun – maktal pattern, masculine | meaning |
מַשְׁמָעוּת | שׁ - מ - ע | Noun – feminine | meaning |
מַשְׁמָעוּתִי | שׁ - מ - ע | Adjective | significant, important |
מִשְׁמַעַת | שׁ - מ - ע | Noun – miktelet pattern, feminine | discipline |
שִׁימּוּעַ | שׁ - מ - ע | Noun – kittul pattern, masculine | hearing (law) |
שְׁמוּעָה | שׁ - מ - ע | Noun – ktula pattern, feminine | rumour, gossip |
לְהִישָּׁמֵעַ | שׁ - מ - ע | Verb – nif'al | to be heard; to obey |
לְהַשְׁמִיעַ | שׁ - מ - ע | Verb – hif'il | to make a sound, to play (music, etc.) |
לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּעַ | שׁ - מ - ע | Verb – hitpa'el | to be evident, to follow from the context; to talk later (over the telephone) |
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