Exodus 6:9:7Exod.6.9.W7PAT

שָֽׁמְעוּ֙

shamu

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Transliteration
sham-U
Extended
shahm-OO
IPA
/ʃamˈʕuː/

Meaning by language

English
listen
French
écoutèrent
Spanish
escucharon
Portuguese
ouviram
German
hörten
Russian
послушали
Arabic-Simplified
يَسْمَعُوا
Hindi
सुना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
들었다
Indonesian
mendengarkan
Bengali
শুনল
Tagalog
nakinig
Swahili
kusikiliza
Amharic
ሰሙ
Yoruba
gbọ́
Igbo
ege ntị
Twi
tiee
Ewe
se to

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Result
שָֽׁמְ + עוּ֙
sham + u
shamu

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    sham-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO sham-U

  3. clause

    ve-LO sham-U el-mo-SHEH mik-KO-tser RU-akh u-me-a-vo-DA ka-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH KEN el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-LO sham-U el-mo-SHEH mik-KO-tser RU-akh u-me-a-vo-DA ka-SHA

In contextExodus 6:9

and he spoke Moses thus to the sons of Israel but did not listen to Moses from shortness of spirit and from labor hard

About this coordinate

Exodus 6:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 6:9, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ (shamu) 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.6.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.6.9.W7.S1) and character.