Psalm 19:3:5Ps.19.3.W5TABWLC Psalms 19:4
נִשְׁמָ֥ע
nishma
“being heard”
- Transliteration
- nish-MA
- Extended
- nish-MAA
- IPA
- /niʃˈmaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- being heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
de-va-RIM be-LI nish-MA ko-LAM
- sentence
EIN-O-mer ve-EIN de-va-RIM be-LI nish-MA ko-LAM
Exegesis
The preposition beli {בְּלִי | bə-lî} ‘without’ plus the Nifal imperfect nishma {נִשְׁמָע | niš-māʿ} ‘it is heard’ forms a circumstantial clause indicating absence of audible speech.
Root and etymology
RootShin Mem Ayin
“to hear”
In context — Psalm 19:3
There is no speech , and there are no words without their voice being heard .
About this coordinate
Psalm 19:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 19:3, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁמָ֥ע (nishma) 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.19.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.3.W5.S1) and character.