Jeremiah 20:16:9Jer.20.16.W9TAB
וְשָׁמַ֤ע
veshama
“and let him hear”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA
- Extended
- veh-shaa-MA
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let him hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA
- clause
ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA ba-BO-ker u-te-ru-A be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA ba-BO-ker u-te-ru-A be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
Exegesis
The phrase veshama {וְשָׁמַע | wə-šā-maʿ} ‘and hear’ shifts to auditory imagery with zeakah {זְעָקָה | zə-ʿā-qāh} ‘cry’ and uteruah {וּתְרוּעָ֖ה | û-tə-rū-ʿāh} ‘alarm’ distinguishing forms of distress.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“hear”
In context — Jeremiah 20:16
And let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew and did not relent; and let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at midday.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 20:16, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַ֤ע (veshama) 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.20.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.16.W9.S1) and character.