2 Samuel 15:10:72 Sam.15.10.W7TAB
כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙
keshameakhem
“when you hear”
- Transliteration
- ke-sha-me-a-KHEM
- Extended
- keh-shaa-meh-ah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /kəʃaːm.ʕaˈχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when you hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-sha-me-a-KHEM
- clause
ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the temporal clause kəšāməḵem {כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ | kē·šām·ə·ḵem} ‘when you hear’ governs ʾet-qōl ha-šōp̄ār {אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר | ʾet-qōl ha·šō·p̄ār} ‘the sound of the trumpet’, setting the trigger.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“hear”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:10
And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel to say, “When you hear the sound of the trumpet , you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron .’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (keshameakhem) 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.15.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.10.W7.S1) and character.