Proverbs 8:34:3Prov.8.34.W3TAB
שֹׁמֵ֢עַֽ֫
shomea
“listening”
- Transliteration
- sho-ME-a
- Extended
- shoh-MEH-ah
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈmeː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listening
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-ME-a
- clause
ash-REI a-DAM sho-ME-a
- sentence
ash-REI a-DAM sho-ME-a LI lish-KOD al-DAL-to-tai YOM YOM lish-MOR me-zu-ZOT pe-ta-KHAI
Exegesis
The Qal participle shomea {שֹׁמֵעַ | šō-mē-ʿa} ‘listening’ introduces a relative clause, with the infinitive constructs lishkod {לִשְׁקֹד | liš-qō-ḏ} ‘to watch’ and lishmor {לִשְׁמֹר | liš-mōr} ‘to keep guard’ forming parallel purpose clauses.
Root and etymology
“to hear, to obey”
In context — Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates and guarding the doorposts of my entrances.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 8:34, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֢עַֽ֫ (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 Prov.8.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.34.W3.S1) and character.