2 Kings 19:11:32 Kgs.19.11.W3TAB

שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ

shamaeta

you have heard

Transliteration
sha-MA-e-TA
Extended
shaa-MAH-eh-TAH
IPA
/ʃaːˈmaʕ.taː/

Meaning by language

English
you have heard

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׁ + מַ֗ + עְ + תָּ
sha + ma + e + ta
shamaeta

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-MA-e-TA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hi-NE a-TA sha-MA-e-TA

  3. clause

    hi-NE a-TA sha-MA-e-TA ET a-SHER A-su mal-KHE a-SHUR le-KHOL-ha-a-ra-TSOT le-ha-kha-ri-MAM

  4. sentence

    hi-NE a-TA sha-MA-e-TA ET a-SHER A-su mal-KHE a-SHUR le-KHOL-ha-a-ra-TSOT le-ha-kha-ri-MAM ve-a-TA ti-na-TSEL

Exegesis

The Qal perfect šāma‘tā {שָׁמַעְתָּ | šāma‘tā} “you have heard” conveys a completed action that the listener already knows.

Root and etymology

sh-m-‘shin–mem–ayin

to hear, listen

In context2 Kings 19:11

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands—to destroy them completely—and will you be delivered ?

About this coordinate

2 Kings 19:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:11, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ (shamaeta) 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.19.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.11.W3.S1) and character.