Genesis 27:8:3Gen.27.8.W3PAT
שְׁמַ֣ע
shema
“listen”
- Transliteration
- she-MA
- Extended
- sheh-MAH
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
- French
- écoute
- Spanish
- escucha
- Portuguese
- escuta
- German
- höre
- Russian
- слушай
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمع
- Hindi
- सुन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听
- Korean
- 들어라
- Indonesian
- dengarkan
- Bengali
- শোন
- Tagalog
- dinggin
- Swahili
- sikiliza
- Amharic
- ስማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- gee ntị
- Twi
- tie
- Ewe
- se to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שְׁ + מַ֣ע
↓
she + ma
↓
shema
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA
- phraseyour reading level
she-MA be-ko-LI
- clause
ve-at-TA ve-NI she-MA be-ko-LI
- sentence
ve-at-TA ve-NI she-MA be-ko-LI la-a-SHER a-NI me-tsa-VA o-TAKH
In context — Genesis 27:8
and now my son listen to my voice as I am commanding you
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 27:8, 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.27.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.8.W3.S1) and character.