Jeremiah 17:20:3Jer.17.20.W3TAB
שִׁמְע֨וּ
shimeu
“hear”
- Transliteration
- shim-E-U
- Extended
- shihm-eh-OO
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-E-U
- phraseyour reading level
shim-E-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM shim-E-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL yo-she-VEI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM shim-E-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL yo-she-VEI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-ba-IM ba-she-a-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The addressees are introduced by the prepositional phrase aleihem {אֲלֵיהֶם | ʾă-lê-hem} ‘to them,’ followed by the plural imperative shimʿu {שִׁמְעוּ | šim-ʿû} ‘hear,’ creating a call to communal attention.
Root and etymology
“to hear, obey”
In context — Jeremiah 17:20
And you shall say to them, “Hear the word of the LORD , O kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter by these gates.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 17:20, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְע֨וּ (shimeu) 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.17.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.20.W3.S1) and character.