1 Samuel 15:4:11 Sam.15.4.W1TAB
וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע
vayishma
“summoned”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- summoned
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA sha-UL
- clause
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form wayšammaʿ {וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע | wayšammaʿ} ‘and he summoned,’ a piel imperfect marking an intensive call of the levy, governing the direct object ʾet-hā-ʿām {אֶת־הָעָ֔ם | ʾet-hā-ʿām}.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-m-'
“to hear; to summon”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:4
And Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע (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 Sam.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.4.W1.S1) and character.