Deuteronomy 5:1:6Deut.5.1.W6PAT
שְׁמַ֤ע
shema
“hear”
- Transliteration
- she-MA
- Extended
- sheh-MAH
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- hear
- French
- écoute
- Spanish
- escucha
- Portuguese
- ouve
- German
- höre
- Russian
- слушай
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمع
- Hindi
- सुनो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听
- Korean
- 들어라
- Indonesian
- dengarlah
- Bengali
- শোনো
- Tagalog
- makinig
- Swahili
- sikia
- Amharic
- ስማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụ
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- ɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
she-MA
- phraseyour reading level
she-MA yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yik-RA MO-sheh el-kol-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer a-le-HEM she-MA yis-ra-EL et-ha-khu-KIM ve-et-ha-mish-pa-TIM a-SHER a-NO-khi do-VER be-oz-NE-khem ha-YOM
- sentence
va-yik-RA MO-sheh el-kol-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer a-le-HEM she-MA yis-ra-EL et-ha-khu-KIM ve-et-ha-mish-pa-TIM a-SHER a-NO-khi do-VER be-oz-NE-khem ha-YOM u-le-mad-TEM o-TAM u-she-mar-TEM la-a-so-TAM
In context — Deuteronomy 5:1
Moses called to all Israel said to them hear Israel the statutes and the judgments which I speak in your hearing today learn them keep to do them
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 5:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 5:1, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַ֤ע (shema) 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.5.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.1.W6.S1) and character.