Genesis 16:11:12Gen.16.11.W12TAB
כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֥ע
kishama
“because has heard”
- Transliteration
- ki-sha-MA
- Extended
- kee-shah-MAH
- IPA
- /kiː.ʃa.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- because has heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ki-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
Exegesis
The causal clause ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ + shama {שָׁמַע | šā-maʿ} ‘has heard’ + YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as subject, with the phrase el onyeikh {אֶל־עָנְיֵךְ | ʾēl ʿon-yēḵ} ‘to your affliction’, portrays divine hearing as a completed, decisive act. The coordinated future verbs and the causal “because” preserve the explicit logic linking the child’s name to God’s attentive response.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, listen, pay attention”
In context — Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Look, you are pregnant and will bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 16:11, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֥ע (kishama) 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 Gen.16.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.11.W12.S1) and character.