Deuteronomy 30:8:3Deut.30.8.W3PAT
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖
veshamatah
“listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-ma-TAH
- Extended
- veh-shah-mah-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʃa.maʕˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
- French
- écouter
- Spanish
- escuchar
- Portuguese
- ouvir
- German
- hören
- Russian
- слушай
- Arabic-Simplified
- تسمع
- Hindi
- सुनो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从
- Korean
- 듣다
- Indonesian
- mendengar
- Bengali
- শুনো
- Tagalog
- makinig
- Swahili
- sikiliza
- Amharic
- ስማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- gee ntị
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- se
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-TAH
- clause
ve-a-TAH ta-SHUV ve-sha-ma-TAH be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-TAH ta-SHUV ve-sha-ma-TAH be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH ve-a-SI-TAH et-KOL-mits-vo-TAV a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHAH ha-YOM
In context — Deuteronomy 30:8
and you return listen to the voice LORD do all his commandments which I command you today
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 30:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 30:8, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ (veshamatah) 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.30.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.8.W3.S1) and character.