שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ

   sha-MAT-ta

   you listened
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ

   ve-LO sha-MAT-ta

   and not you listened
3. clause🔊 וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי׃

   va-ye-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI

   so he stopped the prophet and he said I know that he has determined God to destroy you because you have done this and not you listened to my counsel
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בְּדַבְּר֣וֹ אֵלָ֗יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ נְתַנּ֔וּךָ חֲדַל־לְךָ֖ לָ֣מָּה יַכּ֑וּךָ וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי׃

   va-ye-HI be-dab-RO e-LA-yv va-yo-MER LO hal-yo-ETS la-ME-lekh ne-tan-NU-kha kha-DAL-le-kha LA-ma yak-KU-kha va-ye-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI

   and it happened as he was speaking to him and he said to him as a counselor for the king have they appointed you stop for yourself why should they strike you so he stopped the prophet and he said I know that he has determined God to destroy you because you have done this and not you listened to my counsel

Exegesis

The concluding clause ki-asita zot velo shamata la‘atsati {כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי | kî·‘ā·śî·tā zōṯ wə·lō šā·ma·tā la·‘ă·ṣā·ṯî} ‘because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel’ links divine judgment to the king’s refusal. The formal rendering preserves literal pauses and order for dramatic effect, while the dynamic version smooths idiom and highlights the king’s interruption.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־מ־עš-m-ʿ

“to hear, obey”

• 🔊 שְׁמַעshemahear!Deuteronomy 6:4