לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ

   lo-sha-MA-te

   you did not obey or listen {feminine singular}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ

   KI lo-sha-MA-te

   that or for you did not obey or listen {feminine singular}
3. clause🔊 זֶ֤ה דַרְכֵּךְ֙ מִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְ כִּ֥י לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

   ZE dar-KEKH min-ne-u-RA-yikh KI lo-sha-MA-te be-ko-LI

   this your way {feminine singular} from your youth {feminine singular} that or for you did not obey or listen {feminine singular} to my voice
4. sentence🔊 דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ בְּשַׁלְוֺתַ֔יִךְ אָמַ֖רְתְּ לֹ֣א אֶשְׁמָ֑ע זֶ֤ה דַרְכֵּךְ֙ מִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְ כִּ֥י לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

   di-BAR-ti e-LA-yikh be-shal-ve-TA-yikh a-MAR-te LO e-she-MA ZE dar-KEKH min-ne-u-RA-yikh KI lo-sha-MA-te be-ko-LI

   I spoke to you {feminine singular} in your prosperity or ease {feminine singular} you said {feminine singular} not I will listen this your way {feminine singular} from your youth {feminine singular} that or for you did not obey or listen {feminine singular} to my voice

Exegesis

Finally, the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} links to lo-shama’at {לֹא־שָׁמַעַתְּ | lōʾ-šāmaʿt} ‘you did not listen,’ forming a result clause that reinforces the thematic indictment of persistent disobedience. This structure creates a compelling rhetorical progression from address to accusation and pattern indictment.

Root and etymology

ש־מ־ע🔊 shin–mem–ayin

“to hear, obey, listen”