Job 13:6:1Job.13.6.W1TAB
שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֥א
shimeuna
“hear, please”
- Transliteration
- shim-E-u-NA
- Extended
- shihm-eh-oo-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃim.ʕuːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-E-u-NA
- clause
shim-E-u-NA to-KHAKH-TI
- sentence
shim-E-u-NA to-KHAKH-TI ve-ri-VOT se-fa-TAI hak-shi-VU
Exegesis
The verse is built as a balanced, parallel appeal marked by two imperatives: shim'u-na {שִׁמְעוּ־נָא | šimʿû-nā} ‘hear, please’ followed by the second imperative hakshiv{u} {הַקְשִׁיבוּ | haqšîḇû} ‘listen attentively.’
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Job 13:6
Hear, please, my reproof ; and listen attentively to the contentions of my lips.
About this coordinate
Job 13:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 13:6, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֥א (shimeuna) 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.13.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.6.W1.S1) and character.