2 Samuel 22:7:62 Sam.22.7.W6TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע
vayishma
“and he heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAH
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA me-he-kha-LO
- clause
va-yish-MA me-he-kha-LO ko-LI ve-sha-va-TI be-oz-NAIV
- sentence
bats-TSA-r-LI e-ke-RA ye-ho-VAH ve-el-e-lo-HAI e-ke-RA va-yish-MA me-he-kha-LO ko-LI ve-sha-va-TI be-oz-NAIV
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wayyishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע | wayyišma‘} signals the shift to divine response.
Root and etymology
Roots-m-ʿ
“to hear, obey”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I called to the LORD ; to my God I cried. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry reached His ears.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (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 Sam.22.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.7.W6.S1) and character.