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

Result
וַֽ + יִּשְׁ + מְ + ע֡וּ
va + yish + me + u
vayishmeu

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
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-me-U

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextExodus 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.