2 Samuel 14:16:22 Sam.14.16.W2TAB
יִשְׁמַ֣ע
yishma
“he will hear”
- Transliteration
- yish-MA
- Extended
- yihsh-MA
- IPA
- /jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
yish-MA ham-ME-lekh
- clause
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH
- sentence
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The imperfect yishma‘ {יִשְׁמַע | yiš-maʿ} ‘he will hear’ conveys expectation of royal response.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son together from the inheritance of God .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 14:16, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמַ֣ע (yishma) 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.14.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.16.W2.S1) and character.