Numbers 24:4:2Num.24.4.W2TAB
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ
shomea
“of the one hearing”
- Transliteration
- sho-MEA
- Extended
- shoh-MEH-ah
- IPA
- /ʃoˈme.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the one hearing
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-MEA
- clause
ne-UM sho-MEA im-REI-EL
- sentence
ne-UM sho-MEA im-REI-EL a-SHER ma-kha-ZEH shad-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NA-im
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause begins with ne’um {נְאֻם | neʼûm} introducing an oracle, followed by the participial phrase shomea imrei-’el {שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵי־אֵל | šōmēaʿ ʾimrê-ʾēl} “one who hears words of God,” where the construct chain links imrei {אִמְרֵי | ʾimrê} to ’el {אֵל | ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — Numbers 24:4
The prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of Shaddai , and falls prostrate with eyes unveiled.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 24:4, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֖עַ (shomea) 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.24.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.4.W2.S1) and character.