Job 13:1:4Job.13.1.W4TAB
שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה
shamea
“has heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-me-A
- Extended
- shaa-meh-AAH
- IPA
- /ʃaːm.ˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-me-A
- phraseyour reading level
sha-me-A oz-NE
- clause
sha-me-A oz-NE va-ta-VEN LAH
- sentence
hen-KOL ra-a-TA e-NI sha-me-A oz-NE va-ta-VEN LAH
Exegesis
The structure employs a verb-subject order in raatah eini {רָאֲתָ֣ה עֵינִ֑י | rāʾăṯāh ʿênî} and shameah oznai {שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה אָ֝זְנִ֗י | šāməʿāh ʾoznî}, personifying Job’s faculties through feminine verb agreement.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Job 13:1
Look, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.
About this coordinate
Job 13:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:1, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁמְעָ֥ה (shamea) 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 Job.13.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.1.W4.S1) and character.