Jeremiah 23:22:3Jer.23.22.W3TAB

וְיַשְׁמִ֤עוּ

veyashmiu

“then they would cause to hear”

Transliteration: ve-yash-mi-U
Extended: veh-yahsh-mih-OO
IPA: /vəjaʃmiˈʕuː/

Meaning by language

English: then they would cause to hear

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + יַשְׁ + מִ֤ + עוּ

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ve + yash + mi + u

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veyashmiu

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Mem	m as in mother
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

word
ve-yash-mi-U
phraseyour reading level
ve-yash-mi-U de-va-RAI
clause
ve-yash-mi-U de-va-RAI et-a-MI vi-yi-shi-VUM mi-dar-KAM ha-RA u-me-RO-a ma-al-le-HEM
sentence
ve-im-a-ME-du be-so-DI ve-yash-mi-U de-va-RAI et-a-MI vi-yi-shi-VUM mi-dar-KAM ha-RA u-me-RO-a ma-al-le-HEM

Exegesis

The Hiphil imperfect ve-yashmiʿu {וְיַשְׁמִעוּ | wə-yaš-mi-ʿû} marks the intended proclamation, with devarai et-ammi {דְבָרַי אֶת־עַמִּי | də-ḇā-rai ʾet-ʿam-mî} presenting “my words” to “my people” in object–subject order characteristic of Hebrew emphasis.

Root and etymology

ש-מ-ע

“hear”

In context — Jeremiah 23:22

But if they had stood within my council and had urged my people to heed my words, then they would have drawn them away from their evil course and from the wickedness of their deeds.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 23:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 23:22, so the Hebrew word וְיַשְׁמִ֤עוּ (veyashmiu) 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.23.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.22.W3.S1) and character.

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