Genesis 22:18:8Gen.22.18.W8PAT
שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ
shamata
“listened”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-ta
- Extended
- shah-MAH-tah
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈmaʕ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- listened
- French
- as écouté
- Spanish
- escuchaste
- Portuguese
- escutaste
- German
- gehört hast
- Russian
- послушался
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَمِعْتَ
- Hindi
- सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从了
- Korean
- 들었기
- Indonesian
- mendengarkan
- Bengali
- শুনেছিলে
- Tagalog
- nakinig
- Swahili
- ulisikiliza
- Amharic
- ሰማህ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tiee
- Ewe
- se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA-ta
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER sha-MA-ta
- clause
E-kev a-SHER sha-MA-ta be-ko-LI
- sentence
ve-hit-ba-ra-KHU ve-zar-a-KHA KOL go-YEI ha-A-rets E-kev a-SHER sha-MA-ta be-ko-LI
In context — Genesis 22:18
all nations of the earth shall be blessed in your offspring because you listened to my voice
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 22:18, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ (shamata) 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.22.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.18.W8.S1) and character.