Genesis 27:13:8Gen.27.13.W8PAT
שְׁמַ֥ע
shema
“listen to”
- Transliteration
- she-MA
- Extended
- sheh-MAH
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen to
- French
- écoute
- Spanish
- escucha
- Portuguese
- escuta
- German
- höre
- Russian
- слушай
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسْمَعْ
- Hindi
- सुन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听
- Korean
- 들어라
- Indonesian
- dengarkan
- Bengali
- শোন
- Tagalog
- dinggin
- Swahili
- sikiliza
- Amharic
- ስማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA
- phraseyour reading level
she-MA be-ko-LI
- clause
AKH she-MA be-ko-LI ve-LEKH kakh-LI
- sentence
vat-TO-mer LO im-MO a-LAI ki-le-la-te-KHA be-NI AKH she-MA be-ko-LI ve-LEKH kakh-LI
In context — Genesis 27:13
his mother said to him my son your curse on me only listen to my voice go fetch for me
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 27:13, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַ֥ע (shema) 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.27.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.13.W8.S1) and character.