1 Samuel 13:3:81 Sam.13.3.W8TAB
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ
vayishmeu
“and they heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vajjiʃməˈʕuː/
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
- clause
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN ET ne-TSIV pe-li-SHET-tim a-SHER be-GE-va va-yish-me-U pe-li-SHET-tim
- sentence
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN ET ne-TSIV pe-li-SHET-tim a-SHER be-GE-va va-yish-me-U pe-li-SHET-tim ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets le-MOR yish-me-U ha-iv-RIM
Exegesis
The narrative continues with wayyišmᵉʿû {וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ | wayyišmᵉʿû} ‘and they heard’, followed by the conjunction wə {וְ | wə} attaching to šāʼûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʼûl} ‘Saul’, which introduces the action ṯāqaʿ {תָּקַע | ṯāqaʿ} ‘blew’ in the shôp̄ār {שׁוֹפָר | šôp̄ār} ‘trumpet’.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:3
And Jonathan struck the Philistine garrison that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (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 Sam.13.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.3.W8.S1) and character.