2 Kings 19:7:52 Kgs.19.7.W5TAB
וְשָׁמַ֥ע
veshama
“and he will hear”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA
- Extended
- veh-shah-MA
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he will hear
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 | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-MA she-mu-A
- clause
hin-NE-ni no-TEN BO RU-akh ve-sha-MA she-mu-A ve-SHAV le-ar-TSO
- sentence
hin-NE-ni no-TEN BO RU-akh ve-sha-MA she-mu-A ve-SHAV le-ar-TSO ve-hip-pal-TI-v ba-KHE-rev be-ar-TSO
Exegesis
A vav consecutive chain ve-shama {וְשָׁמַע | wə-šā-maʿ} ‘and he will hear’ → ve-shav {וְשָׁב | wə-šaḇ} ‘and he will return’ creates a sequence of human response.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I am placing a spirit in him, and he will hear a report ; he will return to his land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:7, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַ֥ע (veshama) 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.19.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.7.W5.S1) and character.