Psalm 18:44:2Ps.18.44.W2TABWLC Psalms 18:45
יִשְׁמְעוּ־לִי
yishmeuli
“they will obey me”
- Transliteration
- yish-me-U-LI
- Extended
- yish-meh-OO-LI
- IPA
- /jiʃ.məˈʕuː.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will obey me
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-me-U-LI
- phraseyour reading level
yish-me-U-LI be-NEI-NE-khar yi-ka-kha-SHU-LI
- sentence
le-SHE-ma a-ZEN yish-me-U-LI be-NEI-NE-khar yi-ka-kha-SHU-LI
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yishmeʿu {יִשְׁמְעוּ | yiš-mə-ʿû} ‘they will hear’ takes the pronominal suffix li {לִי | lī} ‘to me’ marking the object of perception.
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 18:44:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 18:44, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמְעוּ־לִי (yishmeuli) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.44.W2.S1) and character.