לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֜ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֜ר

   LO-nish-me-AR

   did not watch out or did not guard himself
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֜ר

   va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR

   and Amasa did not watch out or did not guard himself
3. clause🔊 וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֜ר בַּחֶ֣רֶב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיַד־יוֹאָ֗ב וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ בָ֨הּ אֶל־הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ מֵעָ֥יו אַ֛רְצָה וְלֹא־שָׁ֥נָה ל֖וֹ וַיָּמֹ֑ת

   va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT

   and Amasa did not watch out or did not guard himself with the sword which in the hand of Joab and he struck him with it to the belly or to the abdomen and he poured out or spilled his inward parts or his entrails to the ground and he did not repeat to him and he died
4. sentence🔊 וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֜ר בַּחֶ֣רֶב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיַד־יוֹאָ֗ב וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ בָ֨הּ אֶל־הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ מֵעָ֥יו אַ֛רְצָה וְלֹא־שָׁ֥נָה ל֖וֹ וַיָּמֹ֑ת וְיוֹאָב֙ וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י אָחִ֔יו רָדַ֕ף אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִֽי׃

   va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT ve-yo-AV va-a-vi-SHAI a-KHIV ra-DAF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI

   and Amasa did not watch out or did not guard himself with the sword which in the hand of Joab and he struck him with it to the belly or to the abdomen and he poured out or spilled his inward parts or his entrails to the ground and he did not repeat to him and he died and Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri

Exegesis

The clause vaamasah {וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א | vaʿa-ma-sā} marks the subject Amasa, followed by the Niphal perfect lo-nishmar {לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֜ר | lōʾ-niš-mār} ‘was not attentive’, forming a circumstantial clause of negligence.

Root and etymology

shin–mem–resh🔊 שׁ–מ–רshin–mem–resh

“to guard, keep”

• 🔊 מִשְׁמֶרֶתmiš-me-reṯguard, custodyNumbers 3:25