Jeremiah 13:10:5Jer.13.10.W5TAB
לִשְׁמ֣וֹעַ
lishmoa
“to hear”
- Transliteration
- lish-mo-A
- Extended
- lihsh-moh-AH
- IPA
- /liʃ.moːˈʕaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
lish-mo-A
- phraseyour reading level
ha-me-a-NIM lish-mo-A et-de-va-RAI
- clause
ha-AM ha-ZEH ha-RA ha-me-a-NIM lish-mo-A et-de-va-RAI ha-hol-KHIM bish-ri-RUT li-BAM va-yel-KHU a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-av-DAM u-le-hish-ta-kha-VOT la-HEM
- sentence
ha-AM ha-ZEH ha-RA ha-me-a-NIM lish-mo-A et-de-va-RAI ha-hol-KHIM bish-ri-RUT li-BAM va-yel-KHU a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-av-DAM u-le-hish-ta-kha-VOT la-HEM vi-HI ka-E-zor ha-ZEH a-SHER lo-yits-LAKH la-KOL
Exegesis
A chain of participles (hameanim {הַמֵּאֲנִים | ha-me-ʼa-nim} “refusing,” haholkhim {הַהֹלְכִים | ha-hol-ki-m} “walking”) and infinitives (lishmoa {לִשְׁמוֹעַ | li-sh-mo-a‘} “to hear,” leovdam {לְעָבְדָם | le-av-dam} “to serve,” ulehishtachavot {וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת | u-le-his-ta-cha-vot} “to bow down”) portrays persistent idolatrous conduct.
In context — Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, who refuse to listen to my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart , and go after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, shall be like this sash, which will not succeed for anything.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 13:10, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמ֣וֹעַ (lishmoa) 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 Jer.13.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.10.W5.S1) and character.