Genesis 17:25:1Gen.17.25.W1TAB
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל
veyishmael
“and Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- ve-yish-ma-EL
- Extended
- veh-yihsh-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /wə.jiʃ.ma.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ishmael
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yish-ma-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO
- clause
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO ben-she-LOSH es-RE sha-NA
- sentence
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO ben-she-LOSH es-RE sha-NA be-him-mo-LO ET be-SAR or-la-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with we-yish-ma-el {וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל | wə-yiš-mā-ʿēl}, a coordinative continuation from the preceding narrative that foregrounds Ishmael.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, to listen”
In context — Genesis 17:25
Ishmael, his son , was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:25, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל (veyishmael) 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 Gen.17.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.25.W1.S1) and character.