Numbers 14:13:4Num.14.13.W4TAB
וְשָׁמְע֣וּ
veshamu
“and will hear”
- Transliteration
- ve-sham-U
- Extended
- veh-shahm-OO
- IPA
- /vəʃamˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sham-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sham-U mits-RA-yim
- clause
ve-sham-U mits-RA-yim ki-he-e-li-TA be-kho-ha-KHA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH mi-keer-VO
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH ve-sham-U mits-RA-yim ki-he-e-li-TA be-kho-ha-KHA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH mi-keer-VO
Exegesis
The clause ve-sham’u {וְשָׁמְעוּ | wə-šā-mə-ʿû} ‘and they will hear’ uses a perfect form with future sense in narrative context.
In context — Numbers 14:13
And Moses said to the LORD , “The Egyptians will hear, for You have brought up this people by Your power from their midst.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמְע֣וּ (veshamu) 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 Num.14.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.13.W4.S1) and character.