Deuteronomy 13:18:2Deut.13.18.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:19
תִשְׁמַ֗ע
tishma
“you listen”
- Transliteration
- tish-MA
- Extended
- tish-MAH
- IPA
- /tiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- you listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
tish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ki tish-MA
- sentence
ki tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR et-KOL-mits-vo-TAV a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM la-a-SOT ha-ya-SHAR be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The verb tishma {תִשְׁמַע | tišmaʿ} “listen” demands covenantal hearing and is intensified by bekol {בְּקוֹל | bə-qôl} “in the voice.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ʿayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:18
This will be so when you listen to the voice of the LORD your God , keeping all His commandments that I command you today, and doing what is upright in the eyes of the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 13:18, so the Hebrew word תִשְׁמַ֗ע (tishma) 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.13.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.18.W2.S1) and character.