2 Kings 19:8:92 Kgs.19.8.W9TAB
שָׁמַ֔ע
shama
“he heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA
- Extended
- shah-MA
- IPA
- /ʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
KI sha-MA
- clause
KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} begins a causal clause ki shama ki nasa {כִּי שָׁמַע כִּי נָסַע | kî šā-máʿ kî nā-sáʿ} ‘for he heard that he had departed’, linking the report to the movement from milakhish {מִלָּכִישׁ | mil-lā-ḵîš} ‘Lachish’. This preserves the Hebrew’s sequential and causal relationships.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 19:8
And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֔ע (shama) 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.19.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.8.W9.S1) and character.