Deuteronomy 6:4:1Deut.6.4.W1PAT
שְׁמַע֙
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
- सुन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听
- Korean
- 들어
- Indonesian
- Dengar
- Bengali
- শোন
- Tagalog
- Makinig
- Swahili
- Sikiliza
- Amharic
- ስማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụ
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שְׁ + מַע֙
↓
she + ma
↓
shema
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA
- sentence
she-MA yis-ra-EL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu Ye-ho-VAH EH-KHAD
In context — Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear Israel LORD our God LORD one
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 6:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 6:4, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַע֙ (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.6.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.6.4.W1.S1) and character.