1 Samuel 15:19:21 Sam.15.19.W2TAB
לֹא־שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ
lohshahmahehta
“did not obey”
- Transliteration
- loh-shah-mah-eh-TA
- Extended
- loh-shah-mah-eh-TAA
- IPA
- /loː.ʃa.maʕˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not obey
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
loh-shah-mah-eh-TA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA
- clause
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH vah-ta-AT el-ha-sha-LAL vah-ta-AS hah-RA beh-eh-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The negative particle lo combined with the perfect verb shamata {שָׁמַעְתָּ | šā-mā‘-tā} ‘you did not listen’ intensifies the charge of disobedience.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen, obey”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:19
And why did you not listen to the voice of the LORD ? Instead, you swooped upon the plunder and did the evil in the eyes of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 15:19, so the Hebrew word לֹא־שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ (lohshahmahehta) 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.15.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.19.W2.S1) and character.