1 Samuel 15:24:111 Sam.15.24.W11TAB
וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע
vaeshma
“I listened”
- Transliteration
- va-esh-MA
- Extended
- vaa-ehsh-MA
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I listened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-esh-MA
- clause
KI ya-RE-ti et-ha-AM va-esh-MA be-ko-LAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL kha-ta-TI ki-a-var-TI et-pi-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-de-va-RE-kha KI ya-RE-ti et-ha-AM va-esh-MA be-ko-LAM
Exegesis
A second ki {כִּי | kî} introduces motive in yareti {יָרֵאתִי | yā-rê-ʼî} ‘I was afraid’ with ha’am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} as object, and the vav-consecutive va-eshma {וָאֶשְׁמַע | wā-ʼeš-maʿ} ‘and I listened’ with bekolam {בְּקוֹלָם | bə-qō-lām} ‘to their voice’. The sequence of vav-consecutives and construct chains underscores the tension between divine mandate and popular pressure.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-m-'
“to hear; to summon”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the command of the LORD and your words , because I was afraid of the people and I listened to their voice.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:24, so the Hebrew word וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע (vaeshma) 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.15.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.24.W11.S1) and character.