2 Kings 18:32:192 Kgs.18.32.W19TAB
וְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙
vealtishmeu
“and do not listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-tish-me-U
- Extended
- veh-ahl-tihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vəʔal.tiʃməˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-al-tish-me-U
- clause
ve-al-tish-me-U el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-ya-SIT et-KHEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ya-tsi-LE-nu
- sentence
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu ve-al-tish-me-U el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-ya-SIT et-KHEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ya-tsi-LE-nu
Exegesis
The prohibitive wə-ʾal {וְאַל־ | wə-ʾal} ‘and do not’ sets up the warning against Ḥizqîyāhû {חִזְקִיָּהוּ | ḥiz-qî-yā-hû}.
Root and etymology
sh-m-‘shin–mem–ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Kings 18:32
Until I come and take you to a land like your land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey—so that you may live and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you, saying, “The LORD will rescue us.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:32:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word וְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (vealtishmeu) 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.18.32.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.32.W19.S1) and character.