Exodus 23:22:2Exod.23.22.W2TAB
אִם־שָׁמֹ֤עַ
imshamoa
“if indeed”
- Transliteration
- im-sha-MO-a
- Extended
- ihm-shah-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʃaˈmoː.aʕ/
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 | |
| 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
KI im-sha-MO-a tish-MA
- clause
KI im-sha-MO-a tish-MA be-ko-LO ve-a-si-TA KOL a-SHER a-da-BER
- sentence
KI im-sha-MO-a tish-MA be-ko-LO ve-a-si-TA KOL a-SHER a-da-BER ve-a-yav-TI et-oy-VE-kha ve-tsar-TI et-tsor-RE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with a conditional protasis introduced by ki ʾim {כִּי אִם | kî ʾim} marking “if.”
The infinitive absolute shamoa {שָׁמֹעַ | šāmōa‘} intensifies the following imperfect tišmaʿ {תִּשְׁמַע | tišma‘} “you listen.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Exodus 23:22
For if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 23:22, so the Hebrew word אִם־שָׁמֹ֤עַ (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.23.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.22.W2.S1) and character.