2 Samuel 15:3:82 Sam.15.3.W8TAB
וְשֹׁמֵ֥עַ
veshomea
“but one hearing”
- Transliteration
- ve-sho-ME-a
- Extended
- veh-shoh-MEH-ah
- IPA
- /wəʃoːˈmeː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- but one hearing
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sho-ME-a
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sho-ME-a EN-le-kha
- clause
ve-sho-ME-a EN-le-kha me-ET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM ve-sho-ME-a EN-le-kha me-ET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The participle veshomea {וְשֹׁמֵ֥עַ | wə-šō-mēʿa} combined with einlekha {אֵין־לְךָ֖ | ʾēn-ləḵā} establishes the absence of a hearer, which is further specified by me’et hamelekh {מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | mēʾēt ha-meleḵ}. The adversative “but” captures the contrast introduced by the Hebrew vav before the participle.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“hear”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 15:3, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁמֵ֥עַ (veshomea) 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.15.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.3.W8.S1) and character.