2 Kings 21:9:22 Kgs.21.9.W2TAB
שָׁמֵ֑עוּ
shameu
“they listened”
- Transliteration
- sha-ME-u
- Extended
- shaa-MEE-oo
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmeː.ʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they listened
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-ME-u
- clause
ve-LO sha-ME-u
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u va-yat-EM me-na-SHE la-a-SOT ET-ha-RA min-ha-GO-yim a-SHER hish-MID ye-ho-VAH mip-ne be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Shame’u {שָׁמֵ֑עוּ | šāmē‘û}, a qal perfect, marks completed failure to heed.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 21:9
But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁמֵ֑עוּ (shameu) 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.21.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.9.W2.S1) and character.