Genesis 30:22:4Gen.30.22.W4PAT

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע

vayishma

listened

Transliteration
va-yish-MA
Extended
vah-yish-MAH
IPA
/waj.jiʃˈmaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
listened
French
prêta attention
Spanish
escuchó
Portuguese
escutou
German
hörte
Russian
внял
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَمِعَ
Hindi
सुना
Chinese-Simplified
垂听了
Korean
귀를 기울이셨다
Indonesian
mendengarkan
Bengali
শুনলেন
Tagalog
at pinakinggan
Swahili
akasikia
Amharic
አዳመጠ
Yoruba
gbọ́
Igbo
gere
Twi
tiee
Ewe
se

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + מַ֤ע
va + yish + ma
vayishma

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-MA e-lei-HA

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA e-lei-HA e-lo-HIM va-yif-TAKH et-rakh-MAH

  4. sentence

    va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-ra-KHEL va-yish-MA e-lei-HA e-lo-HIM va-yif-TAKH et-rakh-MAH

In contextGenesis 30:22

remembered God Rachel listened to her God He opened her womb

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 30:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (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.30.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.22.W4.S1) and character.