Genesis 16:2:13Gen.16.2.W13PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
vayishma
“listened to”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listened to
- French
- écouta
- Spanish
- escuchó
- Portuguese
- ouviu
- German
- hörte auf
- Russian
- послушался
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسمع
- Hindi
- सुनी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从了
- Korean
- 들었다
- Indonesian
- mendengarkan
- Bengali
- শুনল
- Tagalog
- at nakinig
- Swahili
- alisikiliza
- Amharic
- ሰማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tiee
- Ewe
- ɖo to
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 av-RAM
- clause
va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI
- sentence
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI
In context — Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram look now LORD has restrained me from childbearing go in please to my maidservant perhaps I will be built up through her Abram listened to the voice of Sarai
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 16:2, 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 Gen.16.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W13.S1) and character.