2 Chronicles 12:5:12 Chr.12.5.W1TAB
וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה
ushemaya
“and Shemaiah”
- Transliteration
- u-she-ma-YA
- Extended
- oo-sheh-mah-YAA
- IPA
- /uʃ.maʕˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Shemaiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-she-ma-YA
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI
- clause
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK
- sentence
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK
Exegesis
The clause opens with the subject ushemayah {וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה | û-šə-maʿ-yāh} followed by the appositional title hanavi {הַנָּבִיא֙ | ha-nā-vîʾ} ‘the prophet,’ establishing prophetic authority before any speech is reported.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:5
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the LORD : ‘You have abandoned Me, and I have also abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:5, so the Hebrew word וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה (ushemaya) 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.12.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.5.W1.S1) and character.