Leviticus 26:21:6Lev.26.21.W6TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ
lishmoah
“listen”
- Transliteration
- lish-MO-ah
- Extended
- lish-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /liʃˈmo.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-MO-ah
- phraseyour reading level
lish-MO-ah LI
- clause
veh-im-tel-KHOO ihm-MEE KE-ri veh-LO toh-VOO lish-MO-ah LI
- sentence
veh-im-tel-KHOO ihm-MEE KE-ri veh-LO toh-VOO lish-MO-ah LI veh-ya-SAF-ti ah-LEI-khem ma-KAH SHE-va keh-kha-toh-TEE-khem
Exegesis
The sequence velo toavvu lishmoa li {וְלֹא תֹאבּוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ לִי | wə-lōʾ tōʾabbū lišmōaʿ lî} ‘and are not willing to listen to me’ uses a negated imperfect plus infinitive construct to express stubborn refusal.
Root and etymology
shin-mem-ayinš-m-ʿ
“to hear, listen, obey”
In context — Leviticus 26:21
And if you walk with Me in hostility , and are not willing to listen to Me, then I will add upon you a blow seven times according to your sins.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 26:21, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ (lishmoah) 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 Lev.26.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.21.W6.S1) and character.