1 Samuel 22:7:61 Sam.22.7.W6TAB
שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֖א
shimeuna
“hear, please”
- Transliteration
- shim-E-u-NA
- Extended
- shim-eh-OO-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃim.ʕuːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
shim-E-u-NA
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-a-va-DAV ha-nit-tsa-VIM a-LAV shim-E-u-NA be-NE ye-mi-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-a-va-DAV ha-nit-tsa-VIM a-LAV shim-E-u-NA be-NE ye-mi-NI gam-le-khul-KEHM yit-TEN ben-yi-SHAI sa-DOT u-khe-ra-MIM le-khul-KEHM ya-SIM sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
Direct address is effected by shim‘u-na {שִׁמְעוּ־נָא | šim-ʿū-nā}, combining a plural imperative with the entreaty particle na for urgent appeal.
Root and etymology
shin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:7
And Saul said to his servants who were standing before him, “Hear now, sons of Benjamin! Will Jesse’s son give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he set you as commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 22:7, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֖א (shimeuna) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.22.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.7.W6.S1) and character.