1 Chronicles 14:8:11 Chr.14.8.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ
vayishmeu
“and they heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃməˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-me-U fe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-yish-me-U fe-lish-TIM ki-nim-SHAKH da-VID le-ME-lekh al-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LU khol-fe-lish-TIM le-vak-KESH et-da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-me-U fe-lish-TIM ki-nim-SHAKH da-VID le-ME-lekh al-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LU khol-fe-lish-TIM le-vak-KESH et-da-VID va-yish-MA da-VID va-ye-TSE lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative sequence, starting with vayishme'u {וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ | wayyišməʿū} ‘and they heard’, which initiates the report of the Philistines’ reaction.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:8
And the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David. When David heard of it, he went out against them .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 14:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (vayishmeu) 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 1 Chr.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.8.W1.S1) and character.