Deuteronomy 18:19:4Deut.18.19.W4TAB
לֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע֙
loyishma
“will not listen”
- Transliteration
- lo-YISH-ma
- Extended
- loh-YISH-mah
- IPA
- /loːˈjiʃ.maʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will not listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lo-YISH-ma
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-YISH-ma
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER lo-YISH-ma el-de-va-RAI a-SHER ye-da-BER bish-MI
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER lo-YISH-ma el-de-va-RAI a-SHER ye-da-BER bish-MI a-no-KHI ed-ROSH mei-im-MO
Exegesis
The protasis lo yishma’ {לֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע֙ | lō yiš-maʿ} ‘does not listen’ takes the object devarai {דְּבָרַ֔י | də-ḇā-rāy} ‘my words’, further specified by asher yedabber bishmi {אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְדַבֵּ֖ר בִּשְׁמִ֑י | ă-šer yə-dab-bēr biš-mî} ‘which he speaks in my name’, heightening the connection to prophetic speech.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen, obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:19
And it shall be that the man who does not listen to my words which the prophet shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 18:19, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע֙ (loyishma) 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.18.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.19.W4.S1) and character.