שְׁמָע֕וּנִי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שְׁמָע֕וּנִי

   she-ma-U-ni

   hear me
2. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵא֮ לִפְנֵ֣י אָסָא֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁמָע֕וּנִי אָסָ֖א וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן

   va-ye-TSE lif-NE a-SA va-yo-MER LO she-ma-U-ni a-SA ve-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN

   and he went out before Asa and he said to him hear me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin
3. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצֵא֮ לִפְנֵ֣י אָסָא֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁמָע֕וּנִי אָסָ֖א וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן יְהוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣ם עִמּ֔וֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ יַעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃

   va-ye-TSE lif-NE a-SA va-yo-MER LO she-ma-U-ni a-SA ve-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM bi-he-yot-KHEM im-MO ve-im-tid-re-SHU-hu yim-ma-TSE la-KHEM ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu ya-a-ZOV et-KHEM

   and he went out before Asa and he said to him hear me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin LORD with you when you are being or while you are with him and if you seek him he will be found by you or for you and if you forsake him he will forsake you

Exegesis

The imperative shemaʿuni {שְׁמָעוּנִי | šə-ma-ʿū-nî} ‘listen to me’ is directed to Asa and expanded by ve-khol Yehudah ū-Vinyamin {וְכָל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן | wə-ḵol yə-hū-ḏāʾ ū-bi-nyā-mîn} identifying the audience.