English
Shema
Shema comes from Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ- ‘to hear, to listen’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*šamaʕ-‘to hear, to listen’root as named · steps between not traced
- Hebrew1880s–presentשְׁמַע
- EnglishtodayShema
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*šamaʕ-‘to hear, to listen’root as named · steps between not traced
- Hebrew1880s–presentשְׁמַע
- EnglishtodayShema
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-
Today it means
name The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ- / Shema