Deuteronomy 19:20:2Deut.19.20.W2TAB
יִשְׁמְע֣וּ
yishmeu
“shall hear”
- Transliteration
- yish-me-U
- Extended
- yish-meh-OO
- IPA
- /jiʃməˈʕu/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
yish-me-U ve-yi-RA-u
- clause
ve-ha-nish-a-REEM yish-me-U ve-yi-RA-u
- sentence
ve-ha-nish-a-REEM yish-me-U ve-yi-RA-u ve-LO-YO-si-fu la-a-SOT OD ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZEH be-kir-be-KHA
Exegesis
The verbs yishme’u {יִשְׁמְעוּ | yišmə˓û} ‘will hear’ and veyirau {וְיִרָאוּ | wĕ-yirʾā˓û} ‘and will fear’ form a direct cause–effect sequence, with the imperfect aspect indicating a sustained response.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:20
And the ones remaining will hear and will fear , and they will not again do such an evil thing as this in your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 19:20, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמְע֣וּ (yishmeu) 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.19.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.20.W2.S1) and character.