Genesis 42:21:15Gen.42.21.W15PAT
שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ
shamanu
“we listened”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-nu
- Extended
- shah-MAA-noo
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaʕ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we listened
- French
- nous avons écouté
- Spanish
- escuchamos
- Portuguese
- ouvimos
- German
- wir hörten
- Russian
- мы послушали
- Arabic-Simplified
- نسمع
- Hindi
- हमने सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从
- Korean
- 우리가 들었다
- Indonesian
- kami mendengar
- Bengali
- আমরা শুনলাম
- Tagalog
- nakinig kami
- Swahili
- tulisikia
- Amharic
- ሰማን
- Yoruba
- a gbọ́
- Igbo
- anyị nụrụ
- Twi
- yɛtee
- Ewe
- míese
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO sha-MA-nu
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT
In context — Genesis 42:21
they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:21:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ (shamanu) 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.42.21.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W15.S1) and character.