Exodus 4:31:3Exod.4.31.W3PAT
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֡וּ
vayishmeu
“and they heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yish-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.məˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they heard
- French
- et ils entendirent
- Spanish
- y oyeron
- Portuguese
- e ouviram
- German
- und sie hörten
- Russian
- и услышали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَمِعُوا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并听见了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 들었다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka mendengar
- Bengali
- এবং তারা শুনল
- Tagalog
- at narinig nila
- Swahili
- wakasikia
- Amharic
- እና ሰሙ
- Yoruba
- sì gbọ́
- Igbo
- wee nụ
- Twi
- na wɔtee
- Ewe
- eye wose
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-me-U
- clause
va-yish-me-U ki-fa-KAD Ye-ho-VAH et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-KI ra-AH et-on-YAM va-yik-DOO va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- sentence
va-ya-a-MEN ha-AM va-yish-me-U ki-fa-KAD Ye-ho-VAH et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-KI ra-AH et-on-YAM va-yik-DOO va-yish-ta-kha-VU
In context — Exodus 4:31
and believed the people and they heard that he visited LORD sons of Israel and that he saw their affliction and they bowed down and worshiped
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:31:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 4:31, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֡וּ (vayishmeu) 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.4.31.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.31.W3.S1) and character.