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יִשְׁמְעוּ (yishm'ú) (Biblical Hebrew pausal form יִשְׁמָעוּ (yishmá'u))

  1. Third-person masculine plural future (prefix conjugation) of שָׁמַע (shamá).
    • Tanach, Exodus 4:1:
      לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ לִי וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּקֹלִי
      ló yaamínu lí v'ló yishm'ú b'kolí
      they will not believe me and they will not listen to my voice
    • Tanach, Psalms 115:6, with translation of the King James Version:
      אָזְנַיִם לָהֶם וְלֹא יִשְׁמָעוּ
      oznáyim lahém v'ló yishmáu
      They have ears, but they hear not