Exodus 3:18:1Exod.3.18.W1PAT
וְשָׁמְע֖וּ
veshamu
“and they will listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-sham-U
- Extended
- veh-shahm-OO
- IPA
- /wə.ʃam.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will listen
- French
- et ils écouteront
- Spanish
- y escucharán
- Portuguese
- e ouvirão
- German
- und sie werden hören
- Russian
- и они послушают
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسيَسْمَعُونَ
- Hindi
- और वे सुनेंगे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们必听
- Korean
- 그리고 그들은 들을 것이다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka akan mendengarkan
- Bengali
- আর তারা শুনবে
- Tagalog
- at sila ay makikinig
- Swahili
- nao watasikia
- Amharic
- እነርሱም ይሰማሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn o si gbọ
- Igbo
- ha ga-anụ
- Twi
- na wɔbɛtie
- Ewe
- eyease 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sham-U
- clause
ve-sham-U le-ko-LE-kha
- sentence
ve-sham-U le-ko-LE-kha u-va-TA a-TA ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL el-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-a-mar-TEM e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI ha-iv-ri-YIM nik-RA a-LEI-nu ve-a-TA ne-la-kha-NA DE-rekh she-LO-shet ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-niz-be-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
In context — Exodus 3:18
and they will listen to your voice and you shall come you and the elders of Israel to the king of Egypt and you will say to him LORD God of the Hebrews has met upon us and now let us go please journey of three days in the wilderness and let us sacrifice to the LORD our God
About this coordinate
Exodus 3:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 3:18, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמְע֖וּ (veshamu) 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 Exod.3.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.18.W1.S1) and character.