2 Kings 19:16:42 Kgs.19.16.W4TAB
וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע
ushema
“and hear”
- Transliteration
- u-she-MA
- Extended
- oo-sheh-MAA
- IPA
- /u.ʃăˈmaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-MA
- clause
ha-TE ye-ho-VAH oz-ne-KHA u-she-MA pe-KAKH ye-ho-VAH e-NE-kha u-re-E
- sentence
ha-TE ye-ho-VAH oz-ne-KHA u-she-MA pe-KAKH ye-ho-VAH e-NE-kha u-re-E u-she-MA ET div-RE san-khe-RIV a-SHER she-la-KHO le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of imperatives—hateh {הַטֵּה | ha-ṭēh} “bend,” pekakh {פְּקַ֧ח | pə-qaḥ} “open,” and shama {וּשְׁמַע | šə-māʿ} “hear”—addressed directly to YHWH {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh}, creating a vivid plea. The vocative “O LORD” intensifies the urgent appeal.
Root and etymology
sh-m-ʿ
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 19:16
Bend Your ear, O LORD , and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to reproach the living God .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:16, so the Hebrew word וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (ushema) 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.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.16.W4.S1) and character.