1 Kings 20:12:21 Kgs.20.12.W2TAB
כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙
kishmoa
“when hearing”
- Transliteration
- kish-MO-a
- Extended
- kihsh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /kiʃˈmoː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when hearing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-HU sho-TE HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM bas-su-KOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-HU sho-TE HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM bas-su-KOT va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAV SI-mu va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-IR
Exegesis
This is followed by the temporal infinitive construct kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ | ḵîš·mô·aʿ} ‘when he heard’, establishing simultaneity.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿ
“to hear, listen, obey”
In context — 1 Kings 20:12
And it came to pass, as he heard this message, while he and the kings were drinking in the shelters , that he said to his servants , “Prepare yourselves,” and they set themselves against the city.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:12, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ (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.20.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.12.W2.S1) and character.