Job 15:17:2Job.15.17.W2TAB
שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י
shemali
“hear me”
- Transliteration
- she-MA-li
- Extended
- sheh-MAH-lee
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmaʕ.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA-li
- clause
a-kha-VE-kha she-MA-li
- sentence
a-kha-VE-kha she-MA-li ve-ZE-kha-ZI-ti va-a-sa-pe-RA
Exegesis
The following imperative shma-li {שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י | šəmaʿ-lî} ‘hear to me’ functions as a direct appeal for attentive reception, placing the command immediately after the commitment to speak.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — Job 15:17
I will tell you; listen to me. And this I have seen, and I will recount.
About this coordinate
Job 15:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:17, so the Hebrew word שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י (shemali) 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.15.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.17.W2.S1) and character.