Job 16:2:1Job.16.2.W1TAB
שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי
shamaeti
“I have heard”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-e-ti
- Extended
- shaa-MAH-eh-tih
- IPA
- /ʃaˈmaʕti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MA-e-ti
- clause
sha-MA-e-ti ke-EL-le ra-BOT
- sentence
sha-MA-e-ti ke-EL-le ra-BOT me-na-kha-ME a-MAL kul-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The clause opens with the perfect verb shamati {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šāmaʿtî} ‘I have heard’, placing Job’s personal experience in the foreground before any objects are specified.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Job 16:2
I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are all of you.
About this coordinate
Job 16:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:2, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי (shamaeti) 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 Job.16.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.2.W1.S1) and character.