2 Kings 22:19:212 Kgs.22.19.W21TAB
שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי
shamati
“I have heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-ti
- Extended
- shaa-MAH-tih
- IPA
- /ʃɔːˈmaʕ.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
sha-MA-ti
- clause
ve-GAM a-no-KHI sha-MA-ti ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
- 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
Finally, the conjunction vegam {וְגַם | we·gām} ‘and also’ introduces shamati {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šā·ma·ʿtî} ‘I have heard’, culminating in neum-YHWH {נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה | ne·ʾûm·Yə·hō·wāh}, the divine declaration.
Root and etymology
š-m-‘shin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen”
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 22:19:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Kings 22:19, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי (shamati) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.19.W21.S1) and character.