Psalm 18:44:1Ps.18.44.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:45
לְשֵׁ֣מַע אֹ֖זֶן
leshema azen
“at the mere hearing of the ear”
- Transliteration
- le-SHE-ma a-ZEN
- Extended
- leh-SHEE-mah oh-ZEN
- IPA
- /ləˈʃeː.ma ʔoˈzɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the mere hearing of the ear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-SHE-ma a-ZEN
- sentence
le-SHE-ma a-ZEN yish-me-U-LI be-NEI-NE-khar yi-ka-kha-SHU-LI
Exegesis
The adverbial construct leshema {לְשֵׁמַע | lə-šē-maʿ} ‘at hearing’ introduces a temporal clause.
The noun ozen {אֹזֶן | ō-zen} ‘ear’ in apposition intensifies immediacy.
Root and etymology
Rootshmʿ
“to hear”
In context — Psalm 18:44
As soon as they hear of me, they will heed me; sons of foreigners will submit to me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:44, so the Hebrew word לְשֵׁ֣מַע אֹ֖זֶן (leshema azen) 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.18.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.44.W1.S1) and character.