2 Kings 19:25:12 Kgs.19.25.W1TAB
הֲלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ
haloshamata
“have you not heard”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta
- Extended
- hah-LOH-shah-MAH-tah
- IPA
- /hăloː.ʃaˈmaʕ.tɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you not heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK
- clause
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA
- sentence
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT
Exegesis
The verse opens with halo {הֲלֹא־ | ha·lōʼ} ‘have not’, paired with shamatta {שָׁמַעְתָּ | šā·ma·ʿtā} ‘you heard’, forming a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 19:25
Have you not heard that from days of old I made it? In ancient times I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass that it has come to devastate cities into mounds of ruins.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:25, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ (haloshamata) 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.19.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.25.W1.S1) and character.