2 Kings 17:40:22 Kgs.17.40.W2TAB
שָׁמֵ֑עוּ
shameu
“they listened”
- Transliteration
- sha-ME-u
- Extended
- shaa-MEE-oo
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmeː.ʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they listened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-ME-u
- clause
ve-LO sha-ME-u
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim
Exegesis
The verse opens with velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’, a negator preceding the perfect verb shame’u {שָׁמֵעוּ | šā-me-ʾû} ‘they listened’, emphasizing their refusal.
Root and etymology
lettersšīn–mēm–ʿayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Kings 17:40
But they did not heed ; instead, they continued in their custom .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:40, so the Hebrew word שָׁמֵ֑עוּ (shameu) 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.17.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.40.W2.S1) and character.