Genesis 42:2:3Gen.42.2.W3PAT
שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי
shamati
“I have heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-ti
- Extended
- shah-MAH-tee
- IPA
- /ʃaː.ˈmaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have heard
- French
- j'ai entendu
- Spanish
- he oído
- Portuguese
- ouvi
- German
- ich habe gehört
- Russian
- я услышал
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَمِعْتُ
- Hindi
- मैंने सुना है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我听见了
- Korean
- 내가 들었다
- Indonesian
- aku telah mendengar
- Bengali
- আমি শুনেছি
- Tagalog
- narinig ko
- Swahili
- nimesikia
- Amharic
- ሰምቻለሁ
- Yoruba
- mo gbọ́
- Igbo
- anụrụ m
- Twi
- matee
- Ewe
- mese
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA-ti
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE sha-MA-ti
- clause
va-YO-mer hi-NE sha-MA-ti KI yesh-SHE-ver be-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer hi-NE sha-MA-ti KI yesh-SHE-ver be-mits-RA-yim re-DU-SHAM-mah ve-shiv-RU-LA-nu mi-SHAM ve-ni-KHYE ve-LO na-MUT
In context — Genesis 42:2
he said behold I have heard that there is grain in Egypt go down there buy for us from there live and not die
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 42:2, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי (shamati) 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.42.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.2.W3.S1) and character.