Ezekiel 20:47:4Ezek.20.47.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:3
שְׁמַ֖ע
shema
“hear”
- Transliteration
- she-MA
- Extended
- sheh-MA
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta le-YA-ar han-NE-gev she-MA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta le-YA-ar han-NE-gev she-MA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hin-NE-ni ma-TSIT-bek-HA ESH ve-akh-LA bek-HA KOL-ETS-lakh ve-KOL-ETS ya-VESH LO-ti-kh-BE la-HE-vet shal-HE-vet ve-nits-re-VU-va KOL-pa-NIM min-NE-gev tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The imperative shema {שְׁמַע | šə-maʿ} ‘hear’ governs devar {דְּבַר־ | də-var} ‘word’ of YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, and koh amar {כֹּה אָמַר | kōh ʾā-mar} frames the prophetic oracle.
In context — Ezekiel 20:47
And you shall say to the forest of the Negev, “Hear the word of the LORD ; thus says the Lord GOD : Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be scorched by it.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:47:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 20:47, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַ֖ע (shema) 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.20.47.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.47.W4.S1) and character.