Deuteronomy 26:7:5Deut.26.7.W5PAT

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע

vayishma

heard

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

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + מַ֤ע
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-ko-LEE-noo va-YAR et-an-YEE-noo ve-et-a-ma-LEE-noo ve-et-la-kha-TSEE-noo

  4. sentence

    va-nits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE a-vo-TEE-noo va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH et-ko-LEE-noo va-YAR et-an-YEE-noo ve-et-a-ma-LEE-noo ve-et-la-kha-TSEE-noo

In contextDeuteronomy 26:7

cried out to the LORD God of our fathers LORD heard our voice saw our affliction our toil our oppression

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 26:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 26:7, 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 Deut.26.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.26.7.W5.S1) and character.