Proverbs 29:24:6Prov.29.24.W6TAB
יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע
yishma
“he hears”
- Transliteration
- yish-MA
- Extended
- yihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he hears
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
a-LA yish-MA
- clause
a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID
- sentence
kho-LEK im-ga-NAV so-NE naf-SHO a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID
Exegesis
The verse then shifts to a nominal clause with alah {אָלָ֥ה | ʻā-lāh} ‘oath/curse’ as the object of the imperfect yishma {יִשְׁמַ֗ע | yiš-maʿ} ‘he hears’.
In context — Proverbs 29:24
Whoever partners with a thief hates his own soul ; he hears the oath yet does not report it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 29:24, so the Hebrew word יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע (yishma) 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 Prov.29.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.24.W6.S1) and character.