Deuteronomy 30:2:4Deut.30.2.W4PAT
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣
veshamata
“listen to”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA-ta
- Extended
- veh-shah-MAH-tah
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmaʕtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen to
- French
- écouter
- Spanish
- escuchar
- Portuguese
- ouvir
- German
- hören
- Russian
- слушать
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمع
- Hindi
- सुनना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从
- Korean
- 듣다
- Indonesian
- mendengar
- Bengali
- শোনা
- Tagalog
- makinig sa
- Swahili
- sikiliza
- Amharic
- ስማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- gee ntị
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- ɖo to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MA-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-MA-ta be-ko-LO
- clause
ve-shav-TA ad-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-sha-MA-ta be-ko-LO ke-KOL a-sher-a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM
- sentence
ve-shav-TA ad-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-sha-MA-ta be-ko-LO ke-KOL a-sher-a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM a-TA u-va-NE-kha be-KHOL-le-va-VKHA uv-KHOL-naf-SHE-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 30:2
you and your children return to the LORD your God listen to his voice with all your heart and with all your soul according to all that I command you today
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 30:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 30:2, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ (veshamata) 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.30.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.2.W4.S1) and character.