Job 15:8:3Job.15.8.W3TAB
תִּשְׁמָ֑ע
tishma
“you hear”
- Transliteration
- tish-MA
- Extended
- tihsh-MAA
- IPA
- /tiʃˈmaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- you hear
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-MA
- clause
hav-SOD e-LO-ah tish-MA
- sentence
hav-SOD e-LO-ah tish-MA ve-tig-RA e-LE-kha khakh-MA
Exegesis
The imperfect forms tishma {תִּשְׁמָ֑ע | tišmaʿ} and vetigra {וְתִגְרַ֖ע | wə-tigraʿ} function modally in questions, implying “do you really have the right or ability to do this?”
Root and etymology
ש־מ־עshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Job 15:8
Do you hear in the council of God , and do you withhold wisdom to yourself?
About this coordinate
Job 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:8, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמָ֑ע (tishma) 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.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.8.W3.S1) and character.