שָׁמוֹעָא m. (שְׁמַע) 1) listening, attentive. Targ. Prov. XXI, 28 (some ed. שָׁמוּעָה). —2) one that surrenders himself to the enemy, deserter. — Pl. שָׁמוֹעַיָּא. Targ. II Kings XXV, 11; Targ. Jer. LII, 15 Kimḥi (ed. שְׁמִיעיָּא; h. text הנפלים). —3) reporter of a tradition. — Pl. שָׁמוֹעִין. Y. Ber. V, 9ᵇ bot. לא בגין … ש׳ וכ׳ not because you are two reporters (is this the adopted law), but because of &c.