1 Samuel 15:20:51 Sam.15.20.W5TAB
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙
shamaeti
“I obeyed”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-e-ti
- Extended
- shaa-MA-eh-tih
- IPA
- /ʃaˈmaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I obeyed
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA-e-ti
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
Root and etymology
shin–mem–ayin
“to hear, to obey”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said to Samuel, “I fully obeyed the voice of the LORD and traveled the path on which the LORD sent me, and I brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ (shamaeti) 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.15.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.20.W5.S1) and character.