Ezekiel 19:4:1Ezek.19.4.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ
vayishmeu
“and they heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃməˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-me-U e-LAIV
- clause
va-yish-me-U e-LAIV go-YIM be-shakh-TAM nit-PA-s
- sentence
va-yish-me-U e-LAIV go-YIM be-shakh-TAM nit-PA-s va-ye-vi-U-hu va-kha-KHIM el-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The opening verb vayishmeʿu {וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ | wayyišməʿû} ‘and they heard’ signals the nations’ awareness.
In context — Ezekiel 19:4
The nations heard of him; they captured him in their pit, and they hauled him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ (vayishmeu) 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 Ezek.19.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.4.W1.S1) and character.