2 Kings 22:11:22 Kgs.22.11.W2TAB
כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ
kishmoa
“when hearing”
- Transliteration
- kish-MO-a
- Extended
- kihsh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /kiʃˈmoː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when hearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kish-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
kish-MO-a ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ha-ME-lekh et-div-RE SE-fer ha-to-RA
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ha-ME-lekh et-div-RE SE-fer ha-to-RA va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
Exegesis
A temporal clause introduced by the infinitive construct kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹעַ | kišmōa‘} ‘when he heard’ emphasizes immediate response.
Root and etymology
š-m-‘shin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Kings 22:11
And it happened, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 22:11, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ (kishmoa) 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.22.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.11.W2.S1) and character.