Numbers 23:18:6Num.23.18.W6TAB
וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע
ushema
“and hear”
- Transliteration
- u-she-MA
- Extended
- oo-sheh-MAH
- IPA
- /uʃəˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-MA
- clause
KOOM ba-LAK u-she-MA ha-a-zi-NA a-DAI be-NO tsee-POR
- sentence
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR KOOM ba-LAK u-she-MA ha-a-zi-NA a-DAI be-NO tsee-POR
Exegesis
The imperatives kum {קוּם | kūm} ‘arise’, ushma {וּשְׁמָע | ūšmaʿ} ‘hear’, and haazina {הַאֲזִינָה | ha’ăzînāh} ‘give ear’ are directed at Balak {בָּלָק | Bālāk}, creating a layered summons.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-ayin
“to hear, pay attention”
In context — Numbers 23:18
Then he lifted up his proverb and said: "Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor."
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:18, so the Hebrew word וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (ushema) 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.23.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.18.W6.S1) and character.