Genesis 30:17:1Gen.30.17.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
vayishma
“listened”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- listened
- French
- prêta attention
- Spanish
- prestó atención
- Portuguese
- deu atenção
- German
- hörte
- Russian
- прислушался
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَاسْتَمَعَ
- Hindi
- सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听了
- Korean
- 귀를 기울이셨다
- Indonesian
- mendengarkan
- Bengali
- শুনলেন
- Tagalog
- at nakinig
- Swahili
- alisikia
- Amharic
- ሰማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tiee
- Ewe
- ɖo to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + מַ֥ע
↓
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)
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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 el-le-A
- sentence
va-yish-MA e-lo-HIM el-le-A va-ta-HAR va-TE-led le-ya-a-KOV BEN kha-mi-SHI
In context — Genesis 30:17
listened God to Leah she conceived she bore for Jacob son fifth
About this coordinate
Genesis 30:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 30:17, 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.30.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.17.W1.S1) and character.