Genesis 23:16:1Gen.23.16.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע
vayishma
“listened”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listened
- French
- écouta
- Spanish
- escuchó
- Portuguese
- escutou
- German
- hörte
- Russian
- послушал
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَصْغَى
- Hindi
- सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听了
- Korean
- 들었다
- Indonesian
- mendengarkan
- Bengali
- শুনলেন
- Tagalog
- nakinig
- Swahili
- alisikiliza
- Amharic
- ሰማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tiee
- 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 av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-yish-MA av-ra-HAM el-ef-RON va-yish-KOL av-ra-HAM le-ef-RON et-ha-KE-sef a-SHER di-BER be-oz-NEI ve-nei-KHET
- sentence
va-yish-MA av-ra-HAM el-ef-RON va-yish-KOL av-ra-HAM le-ef-RON et-ha-KE-sef a-SHER di-BER be-oz-NEI ve-nei-KHET ar-BA me-OT SHE-kel KE-sef o-VER la-so-KHER
In context — Genesis 23:16
Abraham listened to Ephron Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he stated in the hearing of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current with the merchant
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 23:16, 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.23.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.16.W1.S1) and character.