2 Chronicles 23:12:12 Chr.23.12.W1TAB
וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע
vatishma
“and she heard”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-MA
- Extended
- vah-tihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-tish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-tish-MA a-tal-ya-HU
- clause
va-tish-MA a-tal-ya-HU et-KOL ha-AM ha-ra-TSIM ve-ha-me-ha-le-LIM et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-tish-MA a-tal-ya-HU et-KOL ha-AM ha-ra-TSIM ve-ha-me-ha-le-LIM et-ha-ME-lekh va-ta-VO el-ha-AM BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is introduced by the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vatishma {וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע | vat-tiš-maʿ} ‘and she heard’, highlighting Athaliah’s immediate reaction.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“to hear”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:12
When Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners , and the praise being raised for the king, she went to the people at the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 23:12, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע (vatishma) 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 2 Chr.23.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.12.W1.S1) and character.