1 Chronicles 19:8:11 Chr.19.8.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע
vayishma
“and he heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-MA
- clause
va-yish-MA da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-MA da-VID va-yish-LAKH et-yo-AV ve-ET kal-tsa-VA ha-gi-bo-RIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with wayyishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע | wayyišmaʿ} ‘and he heard’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect introducing narrative action before its subject David {דָּוִד | Dāwīd} ‘David’, reflecting typical verb–subject order in Biblical Hebrew.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ʿayin
“to hear”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:8
When David heard, he sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע (vayishma) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.8.W1.S1) and character.