Deuteronomy 9:19:12Deut.9.19.W12PAT

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע

vayishma

listened

Transliteration
va-yish-MA
Extended
vah-yish-MAH
IPA
/vajjiʃˈmaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
listened
French
écouté
Spanish
escuchó
Portuguese
escutou
German
hörte
Russian
слушал
Arabic-Simplified
استمع
Hindi
सुना
Chinese-Simplified
听了
Korean
들으셨다
Indonesian
mendengar
Bengali
শুনলেন
Tagalog
nakinig
Swahili
alisikia
Amharic
ሰማ
Yoruba
gbọ́
Igbo
nụrụ
Twi
teeɛ
Ewe
ɖo tom

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 ey-LAI GAM ba-PA-am ha-HU

  4. sentence

    KI ya-GOR-ti mip-NEI ha-AF ve-ha-khe-MAH a-SHER ka-TSAF Ye-ho-VAH a-LEE-KHEM le-hash-MEED et-KHEM va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH ey-LAI GAM ba-PA-am ha-HU

In contextDeuteronomy 9:19

For I was afraid because of the anger and the fury which was enraged LORD against you to destroy you listened LORD to me also at the time that

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 9:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 9:19, 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.9.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.9.19.W12.S1) and character.