Numbers 16:8:4Num.16.8.W4TAB
וְשִׁמְעוּ־נָ֙א
veshimuna
“hear now”
- Transliteration
- ve-shim-U-NA
- Extended
- veh-shim-OO-NAH
- IPA
- /vəʃimˈʕuːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear now
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shim-U-NA
- clause
el-KO-rakh ve-shim-U-NA be-NEI le-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-KO-rakh ve-shim-U-NA be-NEI le-VI
Exegesis
This is followed by the Qal imperative plus entreaty particle in šimʿû-nā {שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֖א | šimʿû-nā} ‘listen-please’, intensifying the summons.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-ayin
“hear, obey”
In context — Numbers 16:8
And Moses said to Korah , “Hear now, sons of Levi .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:8, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁמְעוּ־נָ֙א (veshimuna) 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.16.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.8.W4.S1) and character.