1 Kings 21:27:21 Kgs.21.27.W2TAB
כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ
khishmoa
“when hearing”
- Transliteration
- khish-mo-A
- Extended
- khihsh-moh-AH
- IPA
- /χiʃˈmo.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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Word in context
- word
khish-mo-A
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV
- clause
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
Exegesis
The temporal clause kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹעַ | kiš-mo-ˈa} ‘as he heard’ indicates the trigger for the subsequent actions.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — 1 Kings 21:27
And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his garments and put on sackcloth upon his flesh, and he fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around slowly.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:27, so the Hebrew word כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (khishmoa) 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.21.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.27.W2.S1) and character.