Exodus 15:14:1Exod.15.14.W1TAB
שָֽׁמְע֥וּ
shamu
“heard”
- Transliteration
- sham-U
- Extended
- shahm-OO
- IPA
- /ʃaːm.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
sham-U
- phraseyour reading level
sham-U am-MIM
- clause
sham-U am-MIM yir-ga-ZUN
- sentence
sham-U am-MIM yir-ga-ZUN KHIL a-KHAZ yohsh-VE pe-LA-shet
Exegesis
The verse begins with the perfect of perception shame'u {שָֽׁמְע֥וּ | šāmə-ʿû} ‘they have heard’ followed by the imperfect yirgazun {יִרְגָּז֑וּן | yirgāzûn} ‘they tremble’, establishing a hearing-to-trembling sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-‘
“to hear, listen”
In context — Exodus 15:14
The nations have heard , and they tremble; anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 15:14, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁמְע֥וּ (shamu) 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 Exod.15.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.14.W1.S1) and character.