Numbers 24:16:2Num.24.16.W2TAB
שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙
shomeia
“of one who hears”
- Transliteration
- sho-MEI-a
- Extended
- shoh-MEI-ah
- IPA
- /ʃoˈme.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- of one who hears
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-MEI-a
- clause
ne-UM sho-MEI-a im-REI-EL ve-yo-DEI-a DA-at el-YON
- sentence
ne-UM sho-MEI-a im-REI-EL ve-yo-DEI-a DA-at el-YON ma-kha-ZEH sha-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NAI-im
Exegesis
The paired participles shomea {שֹׁמֵעַ | šō-mē-ʿa} ‘one who hears’ and veyodea {וְיוֹדֵעַ | wə-yō-dəʿ-ʿa} ‘and knowing’ form a circumstantial clause describing the prophet’s receptive faculties.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — Numbers 24:16
An oracle of one who hears the sayings of God and who knows the knowledge of the Most High; a vision of the Almighty he beholds—falling, yet with uncovered eyes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 24:16, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ (shomeia) 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.24.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.16.W2.S1) and character.