תִּשְׁמַ֤ע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תִּשְׁמַ֤ע

   tish-MA

   you will hear
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙

   tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim

   you will hear from the heavens
3. clause🔊 וְאַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַנָּכְרִ֑י

   ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI

   and you you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling and you will do according to all which he will call to you the foreigner
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַנָּכְרִ֑י לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְעוּ֩ כָל־עַמֵּ֨י הָאָ֜רֶץ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֗ךָ וּלְיִרְאָ֤ה אֹֽתְךָ֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלָדַ֕עַת כִּֽי־שִׁמְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

   ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti

   and you you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling and you will do according to all which he will call to you the foreigner in order that they may know all the peoples of the earth {direct object} your name and to fear you as your people Israel and to know that your name is called upon the house this which I have built

Exegesis

The main request is expressed through two coordinated verb clauses: tishma {תִּשְׁמַע | tišmaʿ} ‘You will hear’ followed by ve-asita {וְעָשִׂיתָ | vəʿāsītā} ‘and You will do’, where the perfect form carries a future-oriented, petitionary force in context.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 שׁ־מ־עShin–Mem–Ayin

“to hear, heed”