2 Chronicles 11:2:32 Chr.11.2.W3TAB
אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּ
elshemaeyahu
“to Shemaiah”
- Transliteration
- el-she-ma-e-YA-hu
- Extended
- ehl-sheh-mah-eh-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃəmaʕˈjaːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Shemaiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-she-ma-e-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
el-she-ma-e-YA-hu ish-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-e-YA-hu ish-ha-e-lo-HIM le-MOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el Shema’yahu {אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּ | ʾel šə·ma·‘ja·hû} ‘to Shemaiah’ identifies the recipient, immediately followed by the appositive ish ha-Elohim {אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾîš hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm} ‘man of God’, emphasizing his prophetic office.
Root and etymology
sh-m-‘shin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — 2 Chronicles 11:2
And the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying:
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 11:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 11:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּ (elshemaeyahu) 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 2 Chr.11.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.11.2.W3.S1) and character.