Shemets שֵׁ֫מֶץ
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| שֵׁ֫מֶץ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shemets |
| Strong's number | H8102 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | whisper |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Shemets (Hebrew שֵׁ֫מֶץ, Strong's H8102) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “whisper”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
whisper, little
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | little (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | whisper (1), faint (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shemets, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
- Job 26:14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).