Exodus 2:24:1Exod.2.24.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
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
- 就听见了
- Korean
- 그리고 들으셨다
- Indonesian
- dan mendengar
- Bengali
- এবং শুনলেন
- Tagalog
- at narinig
- Swahili
- akasikia
- Amharic
- እና ሰማ
- Yoruba
- si gbọ
- Igbo
- wee nụ
- 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 e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yish-MA e-lo-HIM et-na-a-ka-TAM
- sentence
va-yish-MA e-lo-HIM et-na-a-ka-TAM va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-be-ri-TO et-av-ra-HAM et-yits-KHAK ve-et-ya-a-KOV
In context — Exodus 2:24
and heard God their groaning and remembered God his covenant Abraham Isaac and Jacob
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:24, 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 Exod.2.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.24.W1.S1) and character.