Deuteronomy 15:2:4Deut.15.2.W4TAB
שָׁמ֗וֹט
shamot
“release”
- Transliteration
- sha-MOT
- Extended
- sha-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʃaˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- release
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
sha-MOT
- clause
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
In context — Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the matter of the release: Every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it from his neighbor—his brother—because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word שָׁמ֗וֹט (shamot) 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.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W4.S1) and character.