Genesis 45:2:4Gen.45.2.W4TAB

וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ

vayishmeu

“heard”

Transliteration: va-yish-me-U
Extended: vah-yish-meh-OO
IPA: /vaj.jiʃ.məˈʕuː/

Meaning by language

English: heard

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יִּשְׁ + מְ + ע֣וּ

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va + yish + me + u

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vayishmeu

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 mits-RA-yim
clause
va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O
sentence
va-yit-TEN et-ko-LO biv-KHI va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O

Exegesis

The next clause, vayishmeʿu mitsrayim {וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ מִצְרַיִם | way-yish-me-ʿû miṣ-ra-yim}, employs a plural verb for the collective subject “Egypt,” depicting the people’s response.

Root and etymology

Rootsh-m-ʿ

“to hear, listen”

In context — Genesis 45:2

And he raised his voice in weeping , and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

About this coordinate

Genesis 45:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 45:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (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 Gen.45.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.2.W4.S1) and character.

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