2 Kings 14:11:12 Kgs.14.11.W1TAB
וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע
veloshama
“and he did not listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-SHA-ma
- Extended
- veh-LOH-shah-MAH
- IPA
- /wəloː-ʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive velo shama {וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע | vǝ-lō-šā-maʿ} ‘and he did not listen,’ establishing Amaziah’s refusal.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear; obey”
In context — 2 Kings 14:11
Yet Amaziah did not listen , so Jehoash, king of Israel, ascended, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, confronted each other at Beth-Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:11, 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 Kgs.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.11.W1.S1) and character.