Genesis 42:23:5Gen.42.23.W5PAT
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ
shomea
“understood”
- Transliteration
- sho-ME-a
- Extended
- shoh-MEH-ah
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈmeː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- understood
- French
- comprenait
- Spanish
- entendía
- Portuguese
- entendia
- German
- verstand
- Russian
- понимал
- Arabic-Simplified
- يَفْهَمُ
- Hindi
- समझ रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听得懂
- Korean
- 알아듣고 있었다는
- Indonesian
- mengerti
- Bengali
- বুঝতে পারছিল
- Tagalog
- nakauunawa
- Swahili
- alikuwa akielewa
- Amharic
- ይረዳ እንደነበር
- Yoruba
- gbọ́ye
- Igbo
- ghọta
- Twi
- tee aseɛ
- Ewe
- se gɔme
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שֹׁ + מֵ֖ + עַ
↓
sho + me + a
↓
shomea
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
sho-ME-a
- phraseyour reading level
KI sho-ME-a
- clause
ve-HEM LO ya-de-U KI sho-ME-a yo-SEF
- sentence
ve-HEM LO ya-de-U KI sho-ME-a yo-SEF KI ha-me-LITS bei-no-TAM
In context — Genesis 42:23
and they did not know that understood Joseph for the interpreter was between them
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 42:23, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֖עַ (shomea) 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.42.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.23.W5.S1) and character.