Ezekiel 20:39:12Ezek.20.39.W12TAB
שֹׁמְעִ֣ים
shomeim
“listening”
- Transliteration
- sho-me-IM
- Extended
- shoh-meh-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔeːnˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- listening
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-me-IM
- phraseyour reading level
sho-me-IM e-LAI
- clause
ve-a-TEM BET-yis-ra-EL KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ISH gil-lu-LAV le-KHU a-VO-DU ve-a-KHAR im-EN-khem sho-me-IM e-LAI
- sentence
ve-a-TEM BET-yis-ra-EL KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ISH gil-lu-LAV le-KHU a-VO-DU ve-a-KHAR im-EN-khem sho-me-IM e-LAI ve-ET-SHEM kod-SHI LO te-khal-le-LU-OD be-mat-te-no-TE-khem u-ve-gil-lu-LE-khem
In context — Ezekiel 20:39
But as for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD : Go, serve each one his idols—now and hereafter—if you will not listen to Me; but you shall no longer profane My holy name with your gifts or with your idols.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:39:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:39, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמְעִ֣ים (shomeim) 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 Ezek.20.39.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.39.W12.S1) and character.