Joshua 22:12:1Josh.22.12.W1TAB
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ
vayishmeu
“And they heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yish-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.iʃ.məˈʕuː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-me-U
- clause
va-yish-me-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-me-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yi-ka-ha-LU kol-a-DAHT be-NEI-Yis-ra-EL shi-LO la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA
Exegesis
The verb vayyišməʿû {וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ | vayyišməʿû} “and they heard” is followed by vayyiqqāhalû {וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ | vayyiqqāhalû} “and they assembled,” indicating a direct collective response.
Root and etymology
Roots-m-‘
“to hear”
In context — Joshua 22:12
When the sons of Israel heard, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go up to war against them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:12, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (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 Josh.22.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.12.W1.S1) and character.