Genesis 11:7:8Gen.11.7.W8PAT
יִשְׁמְע֔וּ
yihshmeu
“understand”
- Transliteration
- yihsh-me-U
- Extended
- yihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /jiʃ.mə.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- understand
- French
- comprenne
- Spanish
- entienda
- Portuguese
- entenda
- German
- versteht
- Russian
- понимал
- Arabic-Simplified
- يفهم
- Hindi
- समझे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听懂
- Korean
- 알아듣다
- Indonesian
- mengerti
- Bengali
- বোঝে
- Tagalog
- maunawaan
- Swahili
- aelewe
- Amharic
- ይገነዘብ
- Yoruba
- lóye
- Igbo
- ghọta
- Twi
- te ase
- Ewe
- se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
yihsh-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
LO yihsh-me-U
- clause
a-SHER LO yihsh-me-U ISH seh-FAHT reh-E-hoo
- sentence
HA-va nehr-DA veh-na-veh-LA SHAM se-fa-TAM a-SHER LO yihsh-me-U ISH seh-FAHT reh-E-hoo
In context — Genesis 11:7
come descend there confuse their language so that not understand each one speech of his companion
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 11:7, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמְע֔וּ (yihshmeu) 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 Gen.11.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.7.W8.S1) and character.