Numbers 14:22:15Num.14.22.W15TAB
שָׁמְע֖וּ
shamu
“have listened”
- Transliteration
- sham-U
- Extended
- shahm-OO
- IPA
- /ʃaˈmʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have listened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
sham-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO sham-U
- clause
va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI
- sentence
KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI
Exegesis
The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} “this” highlights the number ’ēser pᵊ'āmîm {עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים | ʿeśer pᵊ'āmîm}, and the conjunction wə-lō' {וְלֹא | wə-lō'} “and not” with šāmə'û {שָׁמְעוּ | šāmə'û} “they listened” closes with the prepositional phrase bᵊ-qōlî {בְּקוֹלִי | bᵊ-qōlî} “to my voice,” underscoring the covenantal demand for obedience.
In context — Numbers 14:22
Because all the men who have seen My glory and My signs that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness have tested Me these ten times and have not listened to My voice.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 14:22, so the Hebrew word שָׁמְע֖וּ (shamu) 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.14.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.22.W15.S1) and character.