šmʕ / Semitic roots

a. schmooze, perhaps from Hebrew šəmûʕâ, report, rumor, feminine passive participle of šāmaʕ, to hear;;

b. Shema, from Hebrew šəmaʕ, hear, imperative of šāmaʕ, to hear (see above);;

c. Ishmael, from Hebrew yišmāʕēʔl, God heard, from yišmaʕ, archaic preterite of šāmaʕ, to hear (see above; ʔēl, God; see ʔl).