Deuteronomy 15:5:3Deut.15.5.W3TAB
תִּשְׁמַ֔ע
tishma
“you will listen”
- Transliteration
- tish-MA
- Extended
- tish-MAH
- IPA
- /tiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will 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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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA
- clause
RAK IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
RAK IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR la-a-SOT ET-kol-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-kha ha-YOM
Exegesis
The intensive infinitive+imperfect pairing shamoa tishma {שָׁמ֣וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע | šā-mō-‘a tiš-ma‘} conveys emphatic listening as resolute obedience.
Root and etymology
shin-mem-ayinshin-mem-ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:5
Only if you truly listen to the voice of the LORD your God , to keep and to do all this commandment which I command you today.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 15:5, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמַ֔ע (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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.5.W3.S1) and character.