2 Kings 22:13:202 Kgs.22.13.W20TAB
לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֜וּ
loshameu
“have not listened”
- Transliteration
- lo-sha-me-U
- Extended
- loh-shah-meh-OO
- IPA
- /loː.ʃɔmˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have not listened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-sha-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-U
- clause
ki-ge-do-LA kha-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-sher-hi nits-te-TA va-NU AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-U a-vo-TE-nu al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-ZE la-a-SOT ke-khol-ha-ka-TUV a-LE-nu
- sentence
le-KHU dir-SHU ET-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD-ha-AM u-ve-AD KAL-ye-hu-DA al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-nim-TSa ha-ZE ki-ge-do-LA kha-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-sher-hi nits-te-TA va-NU AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-U a-vo-TE-nu al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-ZE la-a-SOT ke-khol-ha-ka-TUV a-LE-nu
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾasher lo-shamau avoteinu {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ אֲבֹתֵינוּ | ʾă-šer lo-ša-ma-ʿû ʾā-bō-tê-nû} assigns corporate culpability to the fathers’ failure to heed covenant instruction, leading into the purpose infinitive laasot kəkol hakatav aleinu {לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּתוּב עָלֵינוּ | la-ʿă-śôṯ kə-kol ha-qā-tūv ʿā-lê-nû} “to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Kings 22:13
Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD which is kindled against us because our fathers did not listen to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:13:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 22:13, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֜וּ (loshameu) 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.22.13.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.13.W20.S1) and character.