וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨

   ve-sha-MA-ta

   and you will hear
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם

   ve-sha-MA-ta min-ha-sha-MA-yim

   and you will hear from the heavens
3. clause🔊 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם

   ve-sha-MA-ta min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-me-KHON shiv-te-KHA et-te-fi-la-TAM ve-et-te-khi-no-TE-hem ve-a-SI-ta mish-pa-TAM

   and you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling the prayer of them and the pleas of them and you will do their judgment
4. sentence🔊 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

   ve-sha-MA-ta min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-me-KHON shiv-te-KHA et-te-fi-la-TAM ve-et-te-khi-no-TE-hem ve-a-SI-ta mish-pa-TAM ve-sa-LAKH-ta le-am-me-KHA a-SHER kha-TE-u-LAKH

   and you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling the prayer of them and the pleas of them and you will do their judgment and you will forgive to your people who or which they have sinned against you

Exegesis

The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs, such as veshamatta {וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ | wə-šā-maʿ-tā} ‘and you will hear’, veasita {וְעָשִׂיתָ֖ | wə-ʿā-sî-tā} ‘and you will do’, and vesalachta {וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ | wə-sā-laḥ-tā} ‘and you will forgive’, establishes a petitionary litany.

Root and etymology

š-m-ʿ🔊 ש־מ־עshin–mem–ayin

“to hear, listen”

• 🔊 שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear!Deuteronomy 6:4