Exodus 22:27:13Exod.22.27.W13TABWLC Exodus 22:26
וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י
veshamati
“{And} I will hear”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-ma-TI
- Extended
- veh-shah-mah-TEE
- IPA
- /və.ʃa.maʕ.ˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} I 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-ma-TI
- clause
ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
- sentence
KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
Exegesis
The response begins with veshamati {וְשָׁמַעְתִּי | wə-šām-ʿâ-tî} ‘and I will hear’, affirming divine responsiveness, which is then defined by the nominal clause channun ani {כִּי חַנּוּן אָנִי | kî ḥan-nûn ʾā-nî} ‘for I am gracious’, framing the Lord’s merciful disposition.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — Exodus 22:27
For it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin—what else will he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me , I will hear, for I am gracious .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 22:27, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י (veshamati) 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.22.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.27.W13.S1) and character.