derived verbal forms of שמע
| binjan | בנין | | forms | meaning |
active | pa’al | פעל | שומע | shome'a | hear |
active | pi’el | פיעל | | | |
active | hifil | הפעיל | משמיע | mashmia | make a noise |
reflexive | hitpa’el | התפעל | | | |
passive | nifal | נפעל | נשמע | nishma | sound v/i |
of: | passive participle | | | | |
pa’al | pa’ul | פעול | | | |
pi’el | mefo'al | מפועל | ממושמע | memushmah | disciplined |
hifil | mufal | מופעל | | | |
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| | | | derived words | meaning |
| | | מה נשמע? | ma nishmah? | How are things? (lit. What is heard?) |
| | | משמעת | mishma'at | discipline |
| | | שמועה | shmuah | hearsay |
| | | שמיעה | shmiah | hearing |
| | | משמעות | mashma'ut | signification |
| | | חד-משמעי | chad mashma'i | unequivocal, definite |
| | | ישמעאל | yishma'el | Ismael (god will hear) |
| | | משמעותי | mashma'uti | essential |