Deuteronomy 21:18:15Deut.21.18.W15PAT
יִשְׁמַ֖ע
yishma
“listen”
- Transliteration
- yish-MA
- Extended
- yish-MAH
- IPA
- /jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
- French
- écouter
- Spanish
- escuchar
- Portuguese
- ouvir
- German
- hören
- Russian
- слушать
- Arabic-Simplified
- يسمع
- Hindi
- सुनना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听
- Korean
- 듣다
- Indonesian
- mendengar
- Bengali
- শোনা
- Tagalog
- makinig
- Swahili
- sikiliza
- Amharic
- መስማት
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- ige ntị
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- se
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-LO yish-MA
- clause
veh-yis-se-RU o-TO veh-LO yish-MA e-LEI-hem
- sentence
ki-yih-YEH le-EESH BEN so-REHR oo-moh-REH ei-NEN-nu sho-MEH-ah be-KOL a-VIV oo-be-KOL im-MO veh-yis-se-RU o-TO veh-LO yish-MA e-LEI-hem
In context — Deuteronomy 21:18
to a man if there is son stubborn rebellious does not listen to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother discipline him nor listen to them
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 21:18, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמַ֖ע (yishma) 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 Deut.21.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.18.W15.S1) and character.