שֹׁמַעshômaʻ

report (Esther 9:4; Joshua 6:27; Joshua 9:9; Jeremiah 6:24)

Pronunciation: sho'-mah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8089

Same root

שָׁמַעshâmaʻ · H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Joshua 6:27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and his reputation spread throughout the land.
Joshua 9:9 They answered, “Your servants have come from a very distant country. We have heard of the might of the Lord your God and of all he did in Egypt.
Esther 9:4 For Mordecai had been promoted in the king’s palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard reports about the enemy, and we wring our hands in fright. Pangs of anguish have gripped us, like those of a woman in labor.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).