2 Chronicles 28:13:162 Chr.28.13.W16TAB

אַשְׁמָה֙

ashma

guilt

Transliteration
ash-MA
Extended
ash-MAA
IPA
/ʔaʃˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
guilt

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Result
אַשְׁ + מָה֙
ash + ma
ashma

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ash-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-rab-BA ash-MA

  3. clause

    ki-rab-BA ash-MA LA-nu va-kha-RON AF al-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu ki-rab-BA ash-MA LA-nu va-kha-RON AF al-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

A second ki introduces the result clause with rabbah ashmah {רַבָּה אַשְׁמָה | rab·bāh ʾaš·māh} and the synonymous pair va-charon af {וַחֲרוֹן אָף | wa·ḥǎ·rōn ʾāp̄}, intensifying divine response centered on al-yisrael {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל}.

Root and etymology

ʾ-š-m

guilt

In context2 Chronicles 28:13

And they said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for guilt before the LORD is upon us. You are proposing to increase our sins and our guilt, for great is the guilt upon us, and wrath and anger is upon Israel.”

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 28:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word אַשְׁמָה֙ (ashma) 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.28.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W16.S1) and character.