Deuteronomy 17:4:2Deut.17.4.W2TAB
וְשָׁמָ֑עְתָּ
veshamata
“and you hear”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA-ta
- Extended
- veh-sha-MAH-ta
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmaʕ.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you hear
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MA-ta
- clause
veh-hu-GAD-le-KHA ve-sha-MA-ta
- sentence
veh-hu-GAD-le-KHA ve-sha-MA-ta ve-da-RAS-ta he-TEV ve-hin-NEH e-MET na-KHON ha-da-VAR ne-eh-SE-ta ha-to-ei-VAH ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequential series of vav-consecutive verbs—vehugadlekha {וְהֻגַּד־לְךָ | wə-huggad-lə-ḵā} ‘and it was told’, veshamaʿta {וְשָׁמָעְתָּ | wə-šāmāʿ-tā} ‘and you heard’, vedarash'ta {וְדָרַשְׁתָּ | wə-ḏā-rā-šə-tā} ‘and you investigated’—to structure the legal procedure.
Root and etymology
Rootšm‛
“hear, obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:4
And it has been told to you, and you have heard, and you have investigated , and behold, if the matter is true and established , that this abomination has been done in Israel.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמָ֑עְתָּ (veshamata) 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.17.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.4.W2.S1) and character.