Exodus 15:26:2Exod.15.26.W2TAB
אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ
imshamoa
“if indeed”
- Transliteration
- IM-sha-MO-a
- Extended
- IM-shah-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʃaˈmoː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- if indeed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
IM-sha-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA
- clause
va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV kal-ha-ma-kha-LAA a-sher-SAM-ti ve-mits-RA-yim lo-a-SEEM a-LE-kha KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH rof-E-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with a conditional protasis introduced by im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’ followed by an infinitive absolute–imperfect pair sha-mo-a tish-ma {שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע | šā-môʾaʿ tiš-māʿ} ‘listening attentively…you will listen’, which intensifies the demand for obedience.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“hear, obey”
In context — Exodus 15:26
And He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God , and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commandments, and keep all His statutes , I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD your Healer.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 15:26, so the Hebrew word אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ (imshamoa) 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.15.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.26.W2.S1) and character.