2 Kings 20:5:102 Kgs.20.5.W10TAB
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙
shamaeti
“I have heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-e-ti
- Extended
- shaa-MA-ah-eh-tih
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
sha-MA-e-ti
- clause
SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ne-GID-a-MI ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE da-VID a-VI-kha sha-MA-e-ti et-te-fi-LA-te-kha ra-I-ti et-dim-a-TE-kha
- sentence
SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ne-GID-a-MI ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE da-VID a-VI-kha sha-MA-e-ti et-te-fi-LA-te-kha ra-I-ti et-dim-a-TE-kha hin-ne-NI ro-FE LAKH ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ta-a-LE BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The sequential perfects shamati {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šāma‘ṯî} ‘I have heard’ and raiti {רָאִיתִי | rā’ītî} ‘I have seen,’ each introduced by the object marker et {אֶת | ʾēṯ}, convey divine perception.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־עš–m–ʿ
“to hear”
In context — 2 Kings 20:5
Go back and speak to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people: “This is what the LORD —the God of your father David—says: I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears; see, I am restoring your health. On the third day you will go up to the house of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ (shamaeti) 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.20.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.5.W10.S1) and character.