Deuteronomy 18:15:10Deut.18.15.W10TAB
תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן׃
tishmaun
“you shall listen”
- Transliteration
- tish-ma-UN
- Extended
- tish-maa-OON
- IPA
- /tiʃmaˈʕuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-ma-UN
- clause
e-LAV tish-ma-UN
- sentence
na-VI mi-kir-be-KHA me-a-KHE-kha ka-MO-ni ya-KIM le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha e-LAV tish-ma-UN
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect imperative tishma‘un {תִּשְׁמָעוּן | tišmā‘ûn} ‘you shall listen’ issues a communal command. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew parallelism, comparative structure, and imperative force.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet—one from among you, from your brothers—like me; to him you must listen .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 18:15, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן׃ (tishmaun) 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.18.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.15.W10.S1) and character.