1 Kings 21:16:21 Kgs.21.16.W2TAB
כִּשְׁמֹ֥עַ
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
- phraseyour reading level
kish-MO-a akh-AV
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a akh-AV KI MET na-VOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a akh-AV KI MET na-VOT va-ya-KAM akh-AV la-RE-det el-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI le-RISH-to
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹ֥עַ | kîšmōaʿ} ‘when hearing’ introduces the circumstance prompting response.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — 1 Kings 21:16
And it happened when Ahab heard that Naboth had died, that Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:16, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁמֹ֥עַ (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.21.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.16.W2.S1) and character.