Numbers 22:36:1Num.22.36.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
vayishma
“And heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vajʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- And 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA ba-LAK
- clause
va-yish-MA ba-LAK KI BA bil-AM
- sentence
va-yish-MA ba-LAK KI BA bil-AM va-ye-TSE lik-ra-TO el-IR mo-AV a-SHER al-ge-VUL ar-NON a-SHER bik-TSE hag-VUL
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע | wayyišmaʿ} “and he heard,” using the vav-consecutive to continue the storyline.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ע
“to hear, listen”
In context — Numbers 22:36
And Balak heard that Balaam had come, and he went out to meet him at the city of Moab , which is on the border of Arnon, which is at the edge of the territory .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:36, 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 Num.22.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.36.W1.S1) and character.