2 Chronicles 25:20:12 Chr.25.20.W1TAB
וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע
veloshama
“and did not listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-SHA-MA
- Extended
- veh-LOH-shah-MA
- IPA
- /vəlɔː-ʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and did not listen
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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-LO-SHA-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU
- clause
ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD KI da-re-SHU ET e-lo-HE e-DOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-conjunction plus negation velo {וְלֹא־ | wə-lō} ‘and not’ preceding the perfect shama {שָׁמַע | šā-maʿ} ‘he listened’, emphasizing Amaziah’s refusal.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-ʿ
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:20
But Amaziah did not listen, for it was from God in order to deliver them into the hand , because they had sought the gods of Edom.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 25:20, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע (veloshama) 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.25.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.20.W1.S1) and character.