Psalm 17:1:3Ps.17.1.W3TAB
שִׁמְעָ֤ה
shima
“hear”
- Transliteration
- shim-A
- Extended
- shim-AA
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-A
- phraseyour reading level
le-da-VID shim-A ye-ho-VAH TSE-dek
- clause
te-fi-LA le-da-VID shim-A ye-ho-VAH TSE-dek hak-shi-VA rin-NA-ti ha-a-ZI-na te-fi-la-TI
- sentence
te-fi-LA le-da-VID shim-A ye-ho-VAH TSE-dek hak-shi-VA rin-NA-ti ha-a-ZI-na te-fi-la-TI be-LO sif-TEI mir-MA
Exegesis
It then issues the imperatives shim‘ah {שִׁמְעָה | šim-‘āh} “listen,” haqqəšîḇâ {הַקְשִׁיבָה | haqqə-šî-ḇā(h)} “pay attention,” and haʾăzînâh {הַאֲזִינָה | ha-’ă-zî-nā(h)} “give ear” in a tricolon, heightening urgency.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-m-ʿ
“to hear, obey”
In context — Psalm 17:1
A prayer of David. Listen, O LORD , to a righteous plea ; pay attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer; for my lips are not deceitful.
About this coordinate
Psalm 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 17:1, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְעָ֤ה (shima) 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 Ps.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.17.1.W3.S1) and character.