Jeremiah 18:10:6Jer.18.10.W6TAB
שְׁמֹ֣עַ
shemoa
“listen”
- Transliteration
- she-MO-a
- Extended
- sheh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmoːaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
she-MO-a be-ko-LI
- clause
ve-a-SA ha-ra-A ha-RA be-NAI le-vil-TI she-MO-a be-ko-LI
- sentence
ve-a-SA ha-ra-A ha-RA be-NAI le-vil-TI she-MO-a be-ko-LI ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-to-VA a-SHER a-MAR-ti le-HEI-tiv o-TO
Exegesis
The negative purpose-result clause levilti {לְבִלְתִּ֖י | lə-ḇil-tî} ‘so as not to’ + shmoa {שְׁמֹ֣עַ | šə-mōaʿ} ‘to listen’ indicates willful refusal.
Root and etymology
Rootš–m–ʿ
“to hear, listen, obey”
In context — Jeremiah 18:10
If it does evil in My eyes and will not listen to My voice, then I will relent concerning the good that I said I would do for it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 18:10, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֹ֣עַ (shemoa) 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.18.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.10.W6.S1) and character.