Proverbs 5:13:1Prov.5.13.W1TAB
וְֽלֹא־שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי
veloshamate
“and not I listened”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-sha-MA-te
- Extended
- veh-LOH-shah-MA-teh
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.ʃaˈmaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not I listened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
ve-LO-sha-MA-te
- clause
ve-LO-sha-MA-te be-KOL mo-RAI
- sentence
ve-LO-sha-MA-te be-KOL mo-RAI ve-lim-la-me-DAI lo-hi-TI-te OZ-ne
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prefixed conjunction-negation velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’, establishing a decisive refusal in parallel clauses.
The verb šāmaˁtî {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šā-ˁa-maʕ-tî} ‘I listened’ in the perfect marks a completed yet unfulfilled action.
A second clause mirrors this structure with wə-lo limlamdai {וְלֹא לִמְלַמְּדַי | wə-lōʾ lim-məl-mə-dāy} ‘and not to my instructors’, preceding the Hifil perfect hittîtî {הִטִּיתִי | hit-tî-tî} ‘I inclined’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear; to give heed”
In context — Proverbs 5:13
And I did not listen to the voice of my teachers , nor did I incline my ear to my instructors .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 5:13, so the Hebrew word וְֽלֹא־שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי (veloshamate) 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 Prov.5.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.13.W1.S1) and character.