1 Samuel 17:23:181 Sam.17.23.W18TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע
vayishma
“and heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
ve-HU me-da-BER i-MAM ve-hi-NE ISH ha-be-NA-yim o-LE gal-YAT ha-pe-li-shi-TI she-MO mi-GAT me-me-a-ROT mi-ma-ar-KHOT pe-li-shi-TIM va-ye-da-BER kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yish-MA da-VID
Exegesis
The narrative climaxes with the vav-consecutive Qal vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַע | way-yiš-ma‘} ‘and he heard,’ highlighting David’s perception of Goliath’s challenge.
Root and etymology
š-m-‘
“to hear”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:23
While he was speaking with them, the champion emerged—Goliath the Philistine from Gath—from the ranks of the Philistines; he spoke the same words , and David heard.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:23:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 17:23, 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 Sam.17.23.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.23.W18.S1) and character.