2 Samuel 13:14:32 Sam.13.14.W3TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ
lishemoa
“to listen”
- Transliteration
- li-she-MO-a
- Extended
- lih-sheh-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /liʃˈmoː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to listen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
li-she-MO-a
- phraseyour reading level
li-she-MO-a be-ko-LA
- clause
ve-LO a-VA li-she-MO-a be-ko-LA
- sentence
ve-LO a-VA li-she-MO-a be-ko-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK mi-me-NA va-ye-a-NE va-yish-KAV o-TA
Exegesis
The infinitive lišmōaʿ {לִשְׁמֹעַ | li-šmō-ʿa} ‘to listen’ is governed by avah and specified by be-qōlāh {בְּקוֹלָהּ | bə-qō-lāh} ‘in her voice’, highlighting the personal appeal.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:14
But he was not willing to listen to her voice, and he overpowered her and afflicted her and lay with her .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:14, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (lishemoa) 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 Sam.13.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.14.W3.S1) and character.