2 Kings 19:1:22 Kgs.19.1.W2TAB
כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙
kishmoa
“when hearing”
- Transliteration
- kish-mo-A
- Extended
- kihsh-moh-AH
- IPA
- /kiʃ.moˈʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- when hearing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kish-mo-A
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV va-yit-kas ba-SAK va-ya-VO BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
vayehi {וַיְהִי | wāyəhî} ‘and it happened’ functions as a narrative introduction, followed by kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹעַ | kišmōa‘} ‘when he heard’ forming a temporal clause.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 19:1
And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth , and he entered the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:1, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ (kishmoa) 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.19.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.1.W2.S1) and character.