1 Chronicles 15:8:31 Chr.15.8.W3TAB
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה
shemaya
“Shemaiah”
- Transliteration
- she-ma-YA
- Extended
- sheh-mah-YAA
- IPA
- /ʃəmaʕˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shemaiah
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
she-ma-YA
- phraseyour reading level
she-ma-YA ha-SAR
- clause
she-ma-YA ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
- sentence
liv-NE e-li-tsa-FAN she-ma-YA ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
Exegesis
Shemaiah {שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה | šəmáʿyā(h)} immediately precedes the epithet ha-sar {הַשָּׂ֖ר | ha-śār} ‘the chief’, forming a nominal appositive that designates his leadership role.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:8
To the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and his brothers—two hundred .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 15:8, so the Hebrew word שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה (shemaya) 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 1 Chr.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.8.W3.S1) and character.