שֶׁמֶץ
shemets · whisper
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8102 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shemets (שֶׁמֶץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “whisper”.
A whisper, a little that can just be heard; barely a part of something.
How to say it
she·mets
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Something barely heard, a small part.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
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