שֶׁמֶץ

shemets · whisper

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8102 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

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

  1. Something barely heard, a small part.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 4:12

    A word was brought stealthily to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

  • Job 26:14

    Look, these are the edges of his ways; and what a whisper of a word is heard of him; but the thunder of his powers, who will consider it?”