Deuteronomy 4:30:12Deut.4.30.W12PAT

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖

veshamata

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Transliteration
ve-sha-ma-TA
Extended
veh-shah-ma-TAA
IPA
/vəʃaˈmaʕta/

Meaning by language

English
listen
French
écouter
Spanish
escuchar
Portuguese
escutar
German
hören
Russian
слушать
Arabic-Simplified
استمع
Hindi
सुनना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
듣다
Indonesian
mendengarkan
Bengali
শোনা
Tagalog
makinig
Swahili
sikiliza
Amharic
መስማት
Yoruba
gbọ́
Igbo
ige nti
Twi
tie
Ewe
se

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Result
וְ + שָׁ + מַ + עְתָּ֖
ve + sha + ma + ta
veshamata

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sha-ma-TA

  2. clause

    be-a-kha-REET ha-ya-MEEM ve-shav-TA ad-ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEH-kha ve-sha-ma-TA be-ko-LO

  3. sentence

    ba-TSAR le-KHA oo-meh-tsa-OO-kha KOL ha-de-va-REEM ha-EH-le be-a-kha-REET ha-ya-MEEM ve-shav-TA ad-ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEH-kha ve-sha-ma-TA be-ko-LO

In contextDeuteronomy 4:30

in distress to you all these the things find in the latter part the days return to the LORD your God listen to his voice

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 4:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 4:30, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ (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.4.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.30.W12.S1) and character.