Jeremiah 22:5:3Jer.22.5.W3TAB
תִשְׁמְע֔וּ
tishmeu
“you will listen”
- Transliteration
- tish-me-U
- Extended
- tihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /tiʃ.məˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
tish-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
LO tish-me-U
- clause
ve-IM LO tish-me-U et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
ve-IM LO tish-me-U et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le BI nish-ba-E-ti ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ki-le-khar-ba yih-ye ha-BA-yit ha-ZE
Exegesis
The verb tishme'u {תִשְׁמְע֔וּ | tiš-mə-ʿû} ‘you listen’ is followed by the object phrase et-hadevarim ha-eleh {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה | ʾeṯ-had-də-ḇā-rîm hā-ʾēl-leh} ‘these words’, where the demonstrative sharpens the immediacy of the prophetic instruction just delivered.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Mem–Ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — Jeremiah 22:5
But if you do not listen to these words, I have sworn by Myself, declares the LORD , that this house will become a ruin .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 22:5, so the Hebrew word תִשְׁמְע֔וּ (tishmeu) 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.22.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.5.W3.S1) and character.