Genesis 4:23:6Gen.4.23.W6PAT
שְׁמַ֣עַן
shemaan
“listen to”
- Transliteration
- she-MA-an
- Extended
- sheh-MAH-ahn
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen to
- French
- écoutez
- Spanish
- escuchad
- Portuguese
- ouçam
- German
- hört
- Russian
- слушайте
- Arabic-Simplified
- اِسْمَعْنَ
- Hindi
- सुनो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听
- Korean
- 들어라
- Indonesian
- dengarlah
- Bengali
- শোনো
- Tagalog
- dinggin ninyo
- Swahili
- sikieni
- Amharic
- ስሙ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- montie
- 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA-an
- phraseyour reading level
she-MA-an ko-LI
- clause
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI KI ISH ha-rag-TI le-fi-tse-EE ve-YE-led le-khab-bu-ra-TI
In context — Genesis 4:23
Lamech {And} said to his wives Adah and Zillah listen to my voice wives of Lamech heed my saying for a man I killed for my wound and a boy for my bruise
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 4:23, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַ֣עַן (shemaan) 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.4.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.23.W6.S1) and character.