2 Kings 19:9:12 Kgs.19.9.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע
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
- clause
va-yish-MA el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH le-MOR hi-NE ya-TSA le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH
- sentence
va-yish-MA el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH le-MOR hi-NE ya-TSA le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH va-ya-SHAV va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע | wayyišma‘}, a wayyiqtol verb signaling a new narrative action by the implied subject, the king of Assyria (Sennacherib), as established in 2 Kings 18–19.
Root and etymology
š-m-‘shin–mem–ayin
“to listen”
In context — 2 Kings 19:9
And the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah , king of Cush, “Behold, he has gone out to fight against you”; he returned and sent messengers again to Hezekiah to say.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע (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 2 Kgs.19.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.9.W1.S1) and character.