2 Kings 22:19:132 Kgs.22.19.W13TAB
לְשַׁמָּה֙
leshama
“a desolation”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-MA
- Extended
- leh-shah-MAA
- IPA
- /ləʃamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a desolation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
lih-yoT le-sha-MA
- clause
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI
- sentence
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI ve-GAM a-no-KHI sha-MA-ti ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Purpose infinitives lihyot {לִהְיוֹת | li·hî·yôt} ‘to be’, leshammah {לְשַׁמָּה | lə·šamm·āh} ‘for desolation’, and veliklalah {וְלִקְלָלָה | we·lî·qəl·lâh} ‘and for a curse’ state the intended judicial outcome.
In context — 2 Kings 22:19
Because your heart was softened and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard My words about this place and its inhabitants—that they were destined for desolation and curse—and you tore your garments and wept before Me, I have heard you also, declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 22:19, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁמָּה֙ (leshama) 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.22.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.19.W13.S1) and character.