Judges 15:19:14Judg.15.19.W14TAB
שְׁמָ֗הּ
shema
“its name”
- Transliteration
- she-MA
- Extended
- sheh-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- its name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA
- phraseyour reading level
al-KEN ka-RA she-MA
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The conjunction al-ken {עַל־כֵּ֣ן | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’ introduces the naming clause kara shmah {קָרָ֣א שְׁמָ֗הּ | qārāʾ šəmāh}, assigning the toponym ‘ein hakkore {עֵ֤ין הַקּוֹרֵא֙ | ʿên ha-qôrēʾ}.
In context — Judges 15:19
And God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water issued from it. He drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it Spring of the Caller, which remains in Lehi to this day.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָ֗הּ (shema) 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 Judg.15.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W14.S1) and character.