Deuteronomy 17:12:5Deut.17.12.W5TAB
שְׁמֹ֤עַ
shemoa
“to obey”
- Transliteration
- she-MO-a
- Extended
- sheh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmoaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to obey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE be-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE be-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET u-MET ha-ISH ha-HU u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause asher ya‘ăšeh bezāḏōn lə-biltî šimōa‘ {אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה בְזָד֗וֹן לְבִלְתִּ֨י שְׁמֹ֤עַ} ‘who acts presumptuously in order not to listen’ uses bezāḏōn to stress defiance.
Root and etymology
Rootšm‛
“hear, obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:12
And the man who acts in presumption, not listening to the priest who stands there to minister to the LORD your God or to the judge, that man shall die. And you shall remove the evil from Israel.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 17:12, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֹ֤עַ (shemoa) 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.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.12.W5.S1) and character.