Deuteronomy 21:20:9Deut.21.20.W9TAB
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ
shomea
“listen”
- Transliteration
- sho-ME-a
- Extended
- shoh-MEH-ah
- IPA
- /ʃoˈme.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-ME-a
- phraseyour reading level
ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a
- clause
ve-am-RU el-zik-NEI ir-O be-NE-nu ZE so-REIR u-mo-RE ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a be-ko-LE-nu
- sentence
ve-am-RU el-zik-NEI ir-O be-NE-nu ZE so-REIR u-mo-RE ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a be-ko-LE-nu zo-LEL ve-so-VE
Exegesis
The negative existential construction einenenu shomea {אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ | ʾê-nen-nû šō-mē-ʿa} ‘he does not obey’, with be-koleinu {בְּקֹלֵנוּ | bə-qō-lē-nû} ‘to our voice’, charges ongoing insubordination.
Root and etymology
שׁ־מ־ע
“to hear, listen”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He does not obey our voice . He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 21:20, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֖עַ (shomea) 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.21.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.20.W9.S1) and character.