Exodus 18:24:1Exod.18.24.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
vayishma
“and heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO
- sentence
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO va-YA-AS KOL a-SHER a-MAR
Exegesis
The first wayyiqtol vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע | way-yiš-maʿ} ‘and he listened’ with Moshe {מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mō-šeh} in postverbal position emphasizes Moses’s receptive response.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿ
“to hear, listen”
In context — Exodus 18:24
And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he carried out everything that he had said.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (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 Exod.18.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.24.W1.S1) and character.