Exodus 23:13:11Exod.23.13.W11TAB
יִשָּׁמַ֖ע
yishama
“be heard”
- Transliteration
- yi-sha-MA
- Extended
- yih-shah-MAH
- IPA
- /jiʃ.ʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- be heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
yi-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
LO yi-sha-MA
- clause
ve-SHEM e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM LO taz-KI-ru LO yi-sha-MA al-PI-kha
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem ti-sha-ME-ru ve-SHEM e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM LO taz-KI-ru LO yi-sha-MA al-PI-kha
Exegesis
The hiphil imperfect tazkîru {תַזְכִּירוּ | tazkîru} ‘you shall invoke’ and the niphal imperfect lōʾ yiššāmaʿ {לֹא יִשָּׁמַע | lōʾ yiššāmaʿ} ‘it shall not be heard’, with ʿal-pîḵā {עַל־פִּיךָ | ʿal-pîḵā} ‘on your mouth’, intensify the prohibition. The parallel double negative underscores exclusive loyalty and social separation from foreign cultic speech.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin-mem-ayin
“to hear, be heard”
In context — Exodus 23:13
And in everything that I have spoken to you, you must guard against mentioning the names of other gods ; they must not be heard on your lips.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 23:13, so the Hebrew word יִשָּׁמַ֖ע (yishama) 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.23.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.13.W11.S1) and character.