Jeremiah 20:1:1Jer.20.1.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע
vayishma
“and he heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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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Word in context
- word
va-yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA pash-khur
- clause
va-yish-MA pash-khur ben-im-MER ha-ko-HEN ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yish-MA pash-khur ben-im-MER ha-ko-HEN ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID be-VET ye-ho-VAH et-yir-me-YA-hu niv-BA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Qal wayyiqtol verb vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע | wā-yish-maʿ} ‘and he heard’, marking sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“hear”
In context — Jeremiah 20:1
And Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest and chief officer in the house of the LORD , heard that Jeremiah had prophesied these words .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (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 Jer.20.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.1.W1.S1) and character.