שֶׁמַע (šemaʿ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning hearing. It appears
18 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8088).
Also rendered
sound
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2412a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2412a)sound; heard, rumor, announcement, audience; bruit, fame, hearing, loud, report, speech, tidings
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שֶׁ֫מַעnoun, masculine: sound
Strong's H8088שֵׁמַע: something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience KJV:bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2412: שָׁמַעšāmaʿ — hear; be heard of, be regarded, obeyed; he caused; tell; call together, consent, consider, be content, declare, discern, give ear, hearken, listen, make noise, obedient, perceive, proclaim, publish, regard, report, shew, sound…