Genesis 27:43:3Gen.27.43.W3PAT

שְׁמַ֣ע

shema

listen

Transliteration
she-MA
Extended
sheh-MAH
IPA
/ʃəˈmaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
listen
French
écoute
Spanish
escucha
Portuguese
escuta
German
höre
Russian
слушайся
Arabic-Simplified
اسمع
Hindi
सुन
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
들어라
Indonesian
dengarkan
Bengali
শোন
Tagalog
makinig
Swahili
sikiliza
Amharic
ስማ
Yoruba
gbọ
Igbo
gee nti
Twi
tie
Ewe
se to

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Result
שְׁ + מַ֣ע
she + ma
shema

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-MA be-ko-LI

  3. clause

    ve-a-TA ve-NI she-MA be-ko-LI

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TA ve-NI she-MA be-ko-LI ve-KUM be-rakh-le-KHA el-la-VAN a-KHI kha-ra-NA

In contextGenesis 27:43

listen my son and now to my voice arise flee to Laban my brother in Haran

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 27:43, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַ֣ע (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.27.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.43.W3.S1) and character.