2 Kings 22:18:162 Kgs.22.18.W16TAB
שָׁמָֽעְתָּ׃
shamate
“you have heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-te
- Extended
- shaa-MAA-eh-teh
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaːʕ.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
sha-MA-te
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER sha-MA-te
- clause
ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA-te
- sentence
ve-el-ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ha-sho-LE-akh et-khem li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH KO to-me-RU e-LAV ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA-te
Exegesis
The relative clause had-də-ḇā-rîm ʾă-šer šā-mā-ʿ-tā {הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמָעְתָּ | had-də-ḇā-rîm ʾă-šer šā-mā-ʿ-tā} ‘the words which you heard’ specifies the message content, preserving Hebrew emphasis on divine speech.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Kings 22:18
And to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD , thus shall you say to him: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel , concerning the words which you heard.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 22:18, so the Hebrew word שָׁמָֽעְתָּ׃ (shamate) 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.22.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.18.W16.S1) and character.