Exodus 20:19:5Exod.20.19.W5TAB
וְנִשְׁמָ֑עָה
vehnishmaaah
“and we will hear”
- Transliteration
- veh-nish-MAA-ah
- Extended
- veh-nish-MAA-ah
- IPA
- /və.niʃ.maˈʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-nish-MAA-ah
- clause
vah-yoh-MRUU el-MO-sheh dah-BEHR-ah-TAH ih-mah-NUU veh-nish-MAA-ah
- sentence
vah-yoh-MRUU el-MO-sheh dah-BEHR-ah-TAH ih-mah-NUU veh-nish-MAA-ah veh-ahl-yeh-dah-BEHR ih-mah-NUU e-lo-HIM pehn-nah-MUUT
Exegesis
Venishma‘ah {וְנִשְׁמָעָה | wə-nišmāʿāh}, a Niphal imperfect with cohortative nuance, expresses the people’s committed response.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen, obey”
In context — Exodus 20:19
And they said to Moses, “You speak with us and we will listen; but do not let God speak with us, lest we die .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 20:19, so the Hebrew word וְנִשְׁמָ֑עָה (vehnishmaaah) 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.20.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.19.W5.S1) and character.