1 Chronicles 8:13:21 Chr.8.13.W2TAB
וָשֶׁ֔מַע
vashema
“and Shema”
- Transliteration
- va-SHE-ma
- Extended
- vaa-SHEH-mah
- IPA
- /vaːˈʃɛmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Shema
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-SHE-ma
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma
- clause
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma HE-ma ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yo-she-VE ai-ya-LON
- sentence
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma HE-ma ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yo-she-VE ai-ya-LON he-MA hiv-ri-KHU et-yo-she-VE GAT
Exegesis
The verse opens with a coordinated subject introduced by vav-conjunctions: uveriah {וּבְרִעָה | ûḇərîʿâ} “and Beriah” and vashema {וָשֶׁמַע | wāšemaʿ} “and Shema.”
In context — 1 Chronicles 8:13
And Beriah and Shema—they were heads of the fathers among the inhabitants of Aijalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 8:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 8:13, so the Hebrew word וָשֶׁ֔מַע (vashema) 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.8.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.8.13.W2.S1) and character.