1 Kings 20:36:51 Kgs.20.36.W5TAB
לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙
loshamaeta
“you did not listen”
- Transliteration
- lo-sha-MA-e-ta
- Extended
- loh-shah-MA-eh-tah
- IPA
- /loː.ʃaˈmaʕ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you did not listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-sha-MA-e-ta
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-sha-MA-e-ta
- clause
va-yo-MER LO YA-an a-SHER lo-sha-MA-e-ta be-KOL ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-kha ho-LEKH me-i-TI ve-hik-KHE-kha ha-ar-YE
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO YA-an a-SHER lo-sha-MA-e-ta be-KOL ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-kha ho-LEKH me-i-TI ve-hik-KHE-kha ha-ar-YE va-YE-lekh me-ET-slo va-yim-tsa-E-hu ha-ar-YE va-ya-KE-hu
Exegesis
The causal clause yaan {יַעַן | ya-ʿan} ‘because’ plus the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘that’ introduces lo-shama‘ta {לֹא־שָׁמַעְתָּ | lō-šā-ma-‘ṭā} ‘you did not listen’, using the perfect to stress completed disobedience.
Root and etymology
sh-m-‘sh–m–‘
“to hear, obey”
In context — 1 Kings 20:36
And he said to him, “Because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD , behold, as you depart from me the lion will strike you.” Then he went away from beside him, and the lion found him and struck him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:36, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙ (loshamaeta) 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.20.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.36.W5.S1) and character.