Genesis 28:7:1Gen.28.7.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע
vayishma
“obeyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- obeyed
- French
- obéit à
- Spanish
- obedeció a
- Portuguese
- obedeceu a
- German
- gehorchte
- Russian
- послушался
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَطَاعَ
- Hindi
- की बात मानी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从了
- Korean
- 순종하였다
- Indonesian
- menaati
- Bengali
- কথা শুনল
- Tagalog
- at sumunod
- Swahili
- aliwatii
- Amharic
- ታዘዘ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́ràn sí
- Igbo
- rubere isi
- Twi
- tiee
- Ewe
- se to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + מַ֣ע
↓
va + yish + ma
↓
vayishma
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yish-MA ya-a-KOV el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO
- sentence
va-yish-MA ya-a-KOV el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-YE-lekh pa-DE-na a-RAM
In context — Genesis 28:7
obeyed Jacob his father and his mother he went to Paddan Aram
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:7, 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.28.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.7.W1.S1) and character.