1 Samuel 14:22:61 Sam.14.22.W6TAB
שָֽׁמְע֔וּ
shameu
“heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-me-U
- Extended
- shaa-meh-OO
- IPA
- /ʃaː.məˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
sha-me-U
- clause
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM va-yad-be-KU gam-HE-ma a-kha-re-HEM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The Qal perfect sham’u {שָׁמְעוּ | šā-ma-’û} introduces the content clause ki-nasu {כִּי־נָסוּ | kî-nā-sû} ‘that they had fled,’ reporting Pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pe-li-šā-ṯîm}.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-‘
“hear, listen, obey”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:22
All the men of Israel who had been hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they too pursued closely after them in the battle .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁמְע֔וּ (shameu) 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 Sam.14.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.22.W6.S1) and character.