Exodus 5:2:6Exod.5.2.W6PAT
אֶשְׁמַ֣ע
eshma
“I should obey”
- Transliteration
- esh-MA
- Extended
- ehsh-MAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I should obey
- French
- j'obéisse
- Spanish
- yo obedezca
- Portuguese
- eu obedeça
- German
- ich gehorchen soll
- Russian
- чтобы я послушался
- Arabic-Simplified
- أُطِيعَ
- Hindi
- मैं मानूँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我应当听从
- Korean
- 내가 순종해야
- Indonesian
- aku menaati
- Bengali
- আমি যেন মানি
- Tagalog
- ako ay sumunod
- Swahili
- nitii
- Amharic
- እታዘዝ
- Yoruba
- ki ngbọràn
- Igbo
- ka m rubere
- Twi
- metie
- Ewe
- ma se to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
esh-MA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER esh-MA be-KO-lo
- clause
va-YO-mer par-O MI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER esh-MA be-KO-lo le-shal-LAKH et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer par-O MI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER esh-MA be-KO-lo le-shal-LAKH et-yis-ra-EL LO ya-dat-TI et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-GAM et-yis-ra-EL LO a-shal-LE-akh
In context — Exodus 5:2
and said Pharaoh who LORD that I should obey his voice to send away Israel not I know LORD and also Israel not I will send away
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 5:2, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁמַ֣ע (eshma) 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.5.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.2.W6.S1) and character.