2 Samuel 20:16:52 Sam.20.16.W5TAB
שִׁמְע֤וּ
shimeu
“hear”
- Transliteration
- shim-E-U
- Extended
- shihm-eh-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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
shim-E-U
- phraseyour reading level
shim-E-U shim-E-U
- clause
shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The paired imperatives shim’u shim’u {שִׁמְע֤וּ שִׁמְעוּ֙ | šim-ʿû šim-ʿû} ‘hear! hear!’ employ rhetorical repetition for urgency.
Root and etymology
שׁ־מ־ע
“to hear”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman called out from the city, “Hear! Hear! Say to Joab, ‘Come near here, and let me speak to you.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְע֤וּ (shimeu) 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 Sam.20.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.16.W5.S1) and character.