Judges 13:9:1Judg.13.9.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
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 ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yish-MA ha-e-lo-HIM be-KOL ma-NO-akh
- sentence
va-yish-MA ha-e-lo-HIM be-KOL ma-NO-akh va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD el-ha-ish-SHA ve-hi yo-SHE-vet ba-sa-DE u-ma-NO-akh i-SHA EN im-MA
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with the vav-consecutive clause wayyishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע | wayyišma‘} ‘and he heard’, which initiates divine responsiveness by Elohim {הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | hāʼĕlōhîm}.
Root and etymology
sh-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Judges 13:9
And God listened to the voice of Manoach, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was sitting in the field; yet Manoach, her husband, was not with her.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (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 Judg.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.9.W1.S1) and character.