Isaiah 21:10:4Isa.21.10.W4TAB
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי
shamaeti
“I have heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-e-ti
- Extended
- shaa-MAH-eh-tih
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
sha-MA-e-ti
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti
- clause
a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hig-GAD-ti la-KHEM
- sentence
me-du-SHA-ti u-VEN-GAR-ni a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hig-GAD-ti la-KHEM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘that’ introduces the content clause headed by shamati {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šāmaʿtî} ‘I have heard.’
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Isaiah 21:10
My threshed one , and son of my threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts and the God of Israel , I have declared to you.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 21:10, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי (shamaeti) 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 Isa.21.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.10.W4.S1) and character.