2 Samuel 17:9:132 Sam.17.9.W13TAB
וְשָׁמַ֤ע
veshama
“and he heard”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MA
- Extended
- veh-shaa-MAA
- IPA
- /wəʃaˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he heard
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ve-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a
- clause
ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
- sentence
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM O be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, now he is hiding in one of the pits or in one of the places, and it will be, when some of them fall at the beginning, that whoever hears will say, “A slaughter has occurred among the people who follow Absalom.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַ֤ע (veshama) 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.17.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.9.W13.S1) and character.