Exodus 2:15:1Exod.2.15.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע
vayishma
“and heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and heard
- French
- et entendit
- Spanish
- y oyó
- Portuguese
- e ouviu
- German
- und hörte
- Russian
- и услышал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَمِعَ
- Hindi
- और सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并听见了
- Korean
- 그리고 들었다
- Indonesian
- dan mendengar
- Bengali
- এবং শুনল
- Tagalog
- at narinig
- Swahili
- na akasikia
- Amharic
- እና ሰማ
- Yoruba
- o si gbo
- Igbo
- o wee nu
- Twi
- na ɔtee
- Ewe
- eye se
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 par-O
- clause
va-yish-MA par-O et-ha-da-VAR haz-ZEH va-ye-va-KESH la-ha-ROG et-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yish-MA par-O et-ha-da-VAR haz-ZEH va-ye-va-KESH la-ha-ROG et-mo-SHEH va-yiv-RAKH mo-SHEH mip-NEI far-O va-YE-shev be-E-rets-mid-YAN va-YE-shev al-hab-ER
In context — Exodus 2:15
and heard Pharaoh the matter this and sought to kill Moses and fled Moses from before Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian and sat by the well
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:15, 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 Exod.2.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.15.W1.S1) and character.