Genesis 17:26:6Gen.17.26.W6TAB
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל
veyishmael
“and Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- ve-yish-ma-EL
- Extended
- veh-yihsh-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /və.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
- clause
ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO
- sentence
be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZE nim-MOL av-ra-HAM ve-yish-ma-EL be-NO
Exegesis
The verb nimol {נִמּ֖וֹל | nim-mōl} ‘was circumcised’ precedes its coordinated subject Avraham ve-yishmael {אַבְרָהָ֑ם וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל | ʾaḇ-rā-hām wə-yiš-mā-ʿēl}, reflecting typical VSO order in Hebrew and conveying a concise report of a completed action.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, to listen”
In context — Genesis 17:26
On that very day , Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:26, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל (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.17.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.26.W6.S1) and character.