2 Samuel 13:21:32 Sam.13.21.W3TAB
שָׁמַ֕ע
shama
“heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA
- Extended
- shah-MA
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA
- clause
ve-ham-ME-lekh da-VID sha-MA ET kal-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
ve-ham-ME-lekh da-VID sha-MA ET kal-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-KHAR LO me-OD
Exegesis
The verb shamaʿ {שָׁמַ֕ע | šā-maʿ} ‘heard’ takes ʾēṯ {אֵ֥ת | ʾēṯ} as the direct object marker for the summary phrase kol ha-devarim ha-eleh {כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵ֑לֶּה | kol-ha-d-de-vā-rîm hā-ʾê-lēh} ‘all these things’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:21
And King David heard all these things, and he was very angry .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:21, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֕ע (shama) 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.13.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.21.W3.S1) and character.