Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8102: שֶׁמֶץ

shemets · pronounced sheh'-mets · “whisper”

Definition

an inkling

KJV translates it as: a little.

Word origin: from an unused root meaning to emit a sound;

Extended definition

whisper, little

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8102 is translated

  • a whisper ×1
  • a whisper of ×1

Bible verses with H8102 (shemets)

Shemets appears in 2 verses.

  • Job 4:12

    Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

  • Job 26:14

    Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Words derived from H8102

שִׁמְצָה H8103

shimtsâh — derision