2 Samuel 13:30:42 Sam.13.30.W4TAB
וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה
vehashshemua
“and the report”
- Transliteration
- ve-hash-she-mu-A
- Extended
- veh-hahsh-sheh-muh-AA
- IPA
- /vəhaʃ.ʃəmuˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the report
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hash-she-mu-A
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A
- clause
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-hashmuʿah {וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה | wə-šə-mû-ʿāh} ‘and the report’ is matched by the feminine perfect baʾah {בָּאָה | bāʾā} ‘came’, agreeing in gender.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-ʿ
“to hear”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:30
And it happened, as they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them remains.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:30, so the Hebrew word וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה (vehashshemua) 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.13.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.30.W4.S1) and character.