Deuteronomy 13:8:3Deut.13.8.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:9
וְלֹא־תִשְׁמַע
velotishma
“nor listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-tish-MA
- Extended
- veh-LOH-tish-MAH
- IPA
- /vəloː.tiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- nor listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-tish-MA
- clause
lo-to-EH-veh LO ve-LO-tish-MA e-LAV
- sentence
lo-to-EH-veh LO ve-LO-tish-MA e-LAV ve-LO-ta-KHOS ei-NE-kha a-LAV ve-LO-takh-MOL ve-LO-te-kha-SEH a-LAV
Exegesis
The prohibitions are marked by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ prefixed to each imperfect verb.
The Qal imperfect verbs toveh {תֹאבֶה | tō-ʾeh} ‘you will consent’, tishma {תִשְׁמַע | tiš-māʿ} ‘you will listen’, tachos {תָחֹוס | tā-ḥōs} ‘you will show pity’, tachmol {תַחְמֹל | taḥ-mōl} ‘you will spare’, along with the Piel imperfect tekhaseh {תְכַסֶּה | tə-ḥa-sěh} ‘you will conceal’, convey ongoing or anticipated refusal.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“hear, listen”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:8
You must not consent to him, and you must not listen to him. Your eye must not show pity upon him, and you must not spare him, and you must not cover up for him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 13:8, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־תִשְׁמַע (velotishma) 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.13.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.8.W3.S1) and character.