Deuteronomy 13:11:2Deut.13.11.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:12
יִשְׁמְעוּ
yishmu
“shall hear”
- Transliteration
- yish-MU
- Extended
- yeesh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /jiʃməˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
yish-MU
- phraseyour reading level
yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR
- clause
ve-KOL-YIS-ra-EL yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZO
- sentence
ve-KOL-YIS-ra-EL yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZO be-keer-be-KHEM
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse opens with the sequential imperfect verbs yishme’u {יִשְׁמְעוּ | yiš-mə-ʿû} ‘will hear’ and veyira’un {וְיִרָאוּן | wə-yî-rā-ʾûn} ‘and will fear,’ establishing a temporal-causal progression.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin-mem-ayin
“to hear, heed”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:11
And all Israel will hear and will fear , and they will not continue to do such an evil thing as this in your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 13:11, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמְעוּ (yishmu) 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 Deut.13.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.11.W2.S1) and character.