šmʿ

To hear.

a. schmooze, perhaps from Hebrew šəmûʿâ, report, rumor, feminine passive participle of šāmaʿ, to hear;

b. Shema, from Hebrew šəmaʿ, hear, imperative of šāmaʿ, to hear (see above);

c. Ishmael, from Hebrew yišmāʿēʾl, God heard, from yišmaʿ, archaic preterite of šāmaʿ, to hear (see above; ʾēl, God; see ʾl).

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