Deuteronomy 21:18:15Deut.21.18.W15TAB
יִשְׁמַ֖ע
yishma
“listen”
- Transliteration
- yish-MA
- Extended
- yish-MAH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO yish-MA
- clause
ve-yis-ru o-TO ve-LO yish-MA e-LEI-hem
- sentence
ki-yih-YE le-ISH BEN so-REHR u-mo-REH ei-NEN-u sho-MEA be-KOL a-VIV uv-KOL im-MO ve-yis-ru o-TO ve-LO yish-MA e-LEI-hem
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive veyisru {וְיִסְּרוּ | wᵊyissᵊrû} ‘they discipline’ introduces the apodosis, which is followed by velo yishma aleihem {וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם | wᵊlô yišmaʿ ʾălêhem} ‘and he does not listen to them’, reinforcing the son’s refusal and the legal gravity of his behavior.
Root and etymology
sh-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, to listen, to obey”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a son who is stubborn and rebellious, who does not listen to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and when they discipline him, he still does not listen to them.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 21:18, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמַ֖ע (yishma) 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.21.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.18.W15.S1) and character.