Genesis 18:10:11Gen.18.10.W11PAT
שֹׁמַ֛עַת
shomaat
“was listening”
- Transliteration
- sho-MA-at
- Extended
- shoh-MA-aht
- IPA
- /ʃoː.ˈma.ʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- was listening
- French
- écoutait
- Spanish
- escuchaba
- Portuguese
- ouvia
- German
- hörte zu
- Russian
- слушала
- Arabic-Simplified
- تسمع
- Hindi
- सुन रही थी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在听
- Korean
- 듣고 있었다
- Indonesian
- sedang mendengarkan
- Bengali
- শুনছিল
- Tagalog
- ay nakikinig
- Swahili
- alikuwa akisikiliza
- Amharic
- ትሰማ ነበር
- Yoruba
- ńgbọ́
- Igbo
- na-ege ntị
- Twi
- retie
- Ewe
- le se tome
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-MA-at
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-RA sho-MA-at
- clause
ve-sa-RA sho-MA-at PE-takh ha-O-hel ve-HU a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer SHOV a-SHUV e-LE-kha ka-ET khai-YA ve-hi-neh-VEN le-sa-RA ish-TE-kha ve-sa-RA sho-MA-at PE-takh ha-O-hel ve-HU a-kha-RAV
In context — Genesis 18:10
he said to you at the time of life surely I will return for Sarah your wife and behold a son and Sarah was listening entrance of the tent and it was behind him
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:10, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמַ֛עַת (shomaat) 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 Gen.18.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.10.W11.S1) and character.