Genesis 34:24:1Gen.34.24.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ
vayishmeu
“listened”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.mə.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- listened
- French
- obéirent
- Spanish
- obedecieron
- Portuguese
- obedeceram
- German
- gehorchten
- Russian
- вняли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَاسْتَمَعُوا
- Hindi
- सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听从了
- Korean
- 들었다
- Indonesian
- mematuhi
- Bengali
- শুনল
- Tagalog
- at nakinig
- Swahili
- walisikiliza
- Amharic
- ሰሙ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- gere nti
- Twi
- tiee
- Ewe
- ɖo to
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-me-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-me-U el-kha-MOR
- clause
va-yish-me-U el-kha-MOR ve-el-she-KHEM be-NO kol-yo-tse-EI SHA-ar i-RO
- sentence
va-yish-me-U el-kha-MOR ve-el-she-KHEM be-NO kol-yo-tse-EI SHA-ar i-RO va-yim-mo-LU kol-za-KHAR kol-yo-tse-EI SHA-ar i-RO
In context — Genesis 34:24
listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son all who went out of the gate of his city were circumcised all males all who went out of the gate of his city
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ (vayishmeu) 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.34.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.24.W1.S1) and character.