Genesis 21:17:1Gen.21.17.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע
vayishma
“heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- heard
- French
- entendit
- Spanish
- oyó
- Portuguese
- ouviu
- German
- hörte
- Russian
- услышал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَمِعَ
- Hindi
- सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听见了
- Korean
- 들었다
- Indonesian
- mendengar
- Bengali
- শুনলেন
- Tagalog
- at narinig ng
- Swahili
- alisikia
- Amharic
- ሰማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tee
- Ewe
- 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-KOL ha-na-AR va-yik-RA mal-AKH e-lo-HIM el-ha-GAR min-ha-sha-MA-yim va-YO-mer LAH mah-LAKH ha-GAR
- sentence
va-yish-MA e-lo-HIM et-KOL ha-na-AR va-yik-RA mal-AKH e-lo-HIM el-ha-GAR min-ha-sha-MA-yim va-YO-mer LAH mah-LAKH ha-GAR al-tir-I ki-sha-MA e-lo-HIM el-KOL ha-na-AR ba-a-SHER hu-SHAM
In context — Genesis 21:17
God heard the voice of the boy the angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens He said to her what troubles you Hagar do not fear God for has heard the voice of the boy where he is there
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.17.W1.S1) and character.