2 Kings 18:28:82 Kgs.18.28.W8TAB
שִׁמְע֛וּ
shimu
“hear {plural}”
- Transliteration
- shim-U
- Extended
- shihr-MOO
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear {plural}
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-ye-da-BER va-yo-MER shim-U de-var-ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT va-ye-da-BER va-yo-MER shim-U de-var-ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The imperative shim'u {שִׁמְעוּ | šim-‘û} issues a direct command.
Root and etymology
sh-m-‘shin–mem–ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Kings 18:28
Then the chief cupbearer stood and called out in a loud voice in Judean , and he spoke and said, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְע֛וּ (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 Kgs.18.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.28.W8.S1) and character.