Hebrew verbs · pa’al (פָּעַל)
לִשְׁמֹעַ: “to hear” in Hebrew
לִשְׁמֹעַ (lishmo'a) means “to hear”. It belongs to the pa’al (פָּעַל) binyan, and its root is ש־מ־ע: the three consonants that stay in every form.
Below is the whole conjugation with vowel points: present, past and future. Tap a form to hear it in a native speaker’s voice. In an ulpan, this verb comes at the Aleph level.
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Present
Past
Future
In a sentence
I listen to music in the evening.
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