1 Kings 17:22:11 Kgs.17.22.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
vayishma
“and he heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MA
- 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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Word in context
- word
va-yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-MA ye-ho-VAH be-KOL e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-yish-MA ye-ho-VAH be-KOL e-li-YA-hu va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative opens with the vav-consecutive vayyišma‘ {וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע | vayyišmaʿ} ‘and he heard,’ marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
שׁ–מ–ע
“to hear, obey”
In context — 1 Kings 17:22
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the boy returned within him, and he lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 17:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (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 Kgs.17.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.22.W1.S1) and character.