Deuteronomy 1:34:1Deut.1.34.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע

vayishma

heard

Transliteration
va-yish-MA
Extended
vah-yish-MAH
IPA
/vaj.ʃmaˈʕ/

Meaning by language

English
heard
French
entendit
Spanish
oyó
Portuguese
ouviu
German
hörte
Russian
услышал
Arabic-Simplified
سمعَ
Hindi
सुना
Chinese-Simplified
听见了
Korean
들었다
Indonesian
mendengar
Bengali
শুনল
Tagalog
narinig
Swahili
alisikia
Amharic
ሰማ
Yoruba
gbọ́
Igbo
nụrụ
Twi
tee
Ewe
ɖo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + מַ֥ע
va + yish + ma
vayishma

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH et-KOL div-ree-KHEM

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH et-KOL div-ree-KHEM va-yik-TSOF va-yish-SHA-va le-MOR

In contextDeuteronomy 1:34

LORD heard sound of your words was angry swore saying

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 1:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 1:34, 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 Deut.1.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.1.34.W1.S1) and character.