1 Kings 15:21:21 Kgs.15.21.W2TAB
כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ
kishmoa
“when hearing”
- Transliteration
- kish-MO-a
- Extended
- kihsh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /kiʃˈmoː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when hearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kish-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
kish-MO-a ba-a-SHA
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ba-a-SHA va-ye-kh-DAL mib-be-NOT et-ha-ra-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ba-a-SHA va-ye-kh-DAL mib-be-NOT et-ha-ra-MA va-ye-SHEV be-tir-TSA
Exegesis
A temporal clause is formed by kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹעַ | kîš·mō·aʿ} ‘when hearing’, which binds to the subject Baasha.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — 1 Kings 15:21
When Baasha heard of this, he ceased work on Ramah and lived in Tirzah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:21, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ (kishmoa) 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 Kgs.15.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.21.W2.S1) and character.