2 Samuel 14:17:132 Sam.14.17.W13TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙
lishmoa
“to hear”
- Transliteration
- lish-MO-a
- Extended
- lish-MOH-ah
- IPA
- /liʃˈmoː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to hear
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
lish-MO-a
- clause
KI ke-mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lish-MO-a ha-TOV ve-ha-RA va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ye-HI im-MAKH
- sentence
va-TO-mer shiv-kha-TE-kha yih-HE-NA de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lim-nu-KHA KI ke-mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lish-MO-a ha-TOV ve-ha-RA va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ye-HI im-MAKH
Exegesis
The simile kemalakh haelohim {כְּמַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים | kə-mal-ʾā-ḵ ha-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} draws a comparison to divine discernment, and the infinitive lishmoa {לִשְׁמֹעַ | liš-mō-ʿa} governs the coordinated objects hatov vehara {הַטּוֹב וְהָרָע | ha-ṭôv wə-ha-rāʿ}, juxtaposing moral opposites.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:17
And your maidservant said, “May the word of my lord the king provide rest, for like an angel of God , so is my lord the king in discerning the good and the evil . May the LORD your God be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:17, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ (lishmoa) 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.14.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.17.W13.S1) and character.