לשמוע – to hear; to listen – Hebrew conjugation tables

Verb – PA'AL

Root: שׁ - מ - ע

The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

to hear; to listen

Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
Verb form	Person	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
🔊 הַשְׁמָעָהhashma'a	שׁ - מ - ע	Noun – haktala pattern, feminine	playback, playing (of music, a recording); reading aloud
🔊 מַשְׁמָעmashma	שׁ - מ - ע	Noun – maktal pattern, masculine	meaning
🔊 מַשְׁמָעוּתmashma'ut	שׁ - מ - ע	Noun – feminine	meaning
🔊 מַשְׁמָעוּתִיmashma'uti	שׁ - מ - ע	Adjective	significant, important
🔊 מִשְׁמַעַתmishma'at	שׁ - מ - ע	Noun – miktelet pattern, feminine	discipline
🔊 שִׁימּוּעַshimua	שׁ - מ - ע	Noun – kittul pattern, masculine	hearing (law)
🔊 שְׁמוּעָהshmu'a	שׁ - מ - ע	Noun – ktula pattern, feminine	rumour, gossip
🔊 לְהִישָּׁמֵעַlehishamea	שׁ - מ - ע	Verb – nif'al	to be heard; to obey
🔊 לְהַשְׁמִיעַlehashmia	שׁ - מ - ע	Verb – hif'il	to make a sound, to play (music, etc.)
🔊 לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּעַlehishtamea	שׁ - מ - ע	Verb – hitpa'el	to be evident, to follow from the context; to talk later (over the telephone)