2 Chronicles 18:27:102 Chr.18.27.W10TAB
שִׁמְע֖וּ
shimu
“hear”
- Transliteration
- shim-U
- Extended
- shihm-OO
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-U
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-U a-MIM kul-LAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER mi-kha-YE-hu im-SHOV ta-SHUV be-sha-LOM lo-di-BER ye-ho-VAH BI va-yo-MER shim-U a-MIM kul-LAM
Exegesis
A second waw-consecutive introduces the imperative shimʿu {שִׁמְעוּ | šimʿû} ‘hear’, addressing the collective ammim kullam {עַמִּים כֻּלָּם | ʻammîm kullām} ‘all peoples’ with a solemn summons.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Mem–Ayin
“to hear, heed”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:27
Micaiah said, “If you indeed return in peace , then the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, you peoples, all of you.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 18:27, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְע֖וּ (shimu) 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 2 Chr.18.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.27.W10.S1) and character.