2 Chronicles 15:8:12 Chr.15.8.W1TAB
וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ
vekhishmoa
“and when hearing”
- Transliteration
- ve-khish-MO-a
- Extended
- veh-khihsh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /vəχiʃˈmo.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and when hearing
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khish-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa
- clause
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh ve-ha-ne-vu-A o-DED ha-na-VI hit-kha-ZAK va-ya-a-VER ha-shi-ku-TSIM mi-KAL-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN u-min-he-a-RIM a-SHER la-KHAD me-HAR e-fra-YIM
- sentence
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh ve-ha-ne-vu-A o-DED ha-na-VI hit-kha-ZAK va-ya-a-VER ha-shi-ku-TSIM mi-KAL-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN u-min-he-a-RIM a-SHER la-KHAD me-HAR e-fra-YIM va-ye-kha-DESH et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH a-SHER lif-NE u-LAM ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause opens with vekishmoa {וְכִשְׁמֹעַ | wə-ḵiš-mō-’a} ‘and when he heard’ introducing a temporal-causal context.
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured from the hill-country of Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of the LORD which was before the porch of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 15:8, so the Hebrew word וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (vekhishmoa) 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.15.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.8.W1.S1) and character.