שָׁמוּעַ, (שָׁמַע) = מִשְׁמָע, sense, understanding. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵇ bot. (ref. to Ps. LX, 9) מנשה כשְׁמוּעוֹ Manasseh is to be taken in its ordinary sense (as referring to king Manasseh; (Num. R. s. 14 beg. כמשמעו). Y. Yoma II, end, 40ᵃ כל ששמועו מרובה ושמועו וכ׳ wherever a Biblical text may be understood as comprising a larger or a smaller number, you must adopt the smaller number; Sifra M’tsorʿa, Zab., ch. VII, Par. 5 (Tosaf. to Succ. 5ᵇ quotes שמשמעו).