1 Samuel 16:2:51 Sam.16.2.W5TAB
וְשָׁמַ֥ע
veshama
“and he will hear”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA
- Extended
- veh-shaa-MA
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he will hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-MA sha-UL
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL EKH e-LEKH ve-sha-MA sha-UL va-ha-ra-GA-ni
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL EKH e-LEKH ve-sha-MA sha-UL va-ha-ra-GA-ni va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
Exegesis
The protasis uses ve-shama‘ {וְשָׁמַע | wə-šā-ma‘} “and he will hear” (Qal perfect) with the proper name Sha’ul {שָׁאוּל | šā-’ûl}, followed by the apodosis va-hargani {וַהֲרָגָנִי | va-ha-rə-ḡā-nî} “and he will kill me” (Qal perfect + object suffix).
In context — 1 Samuel 16:2
And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take the heifer of the herd in your hand and say, ‘To sacrifice to the LORD I have come.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַ֥ע (veshama) 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.16.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.2.W5.S1) and character.