Genesis 35:22:12Gen.35.22.W12PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע
vayishma
“heard of it”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MAH
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- heard of it
- French
- en entendit parler
- Spanish
- oyó de ello
- Portuguese
- ouviu disso
- German
- hörte davon
- Russian
- услышал об этом
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسمع ذلك
- Hindi
- यह सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听见了这事
- Korean
- 그 일을 들었다
- Indonesian
- mendengar hal itu
- Bengali
- এ কথা শুনল
- Tagalog
- at narinig ito
- Swahili
- akasikia jambo hilo
- Amharic
- ይህን ሰማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́ nípa rẹ̀
- Igbo
- nụrụ ya
- Twi
- tee ho asɛm
- Ewe
- se nu sia
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
- clause
va-yish-MA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI bi-KON yis-ra-EL ba-A-retz ha-HI va-YE-lekh re-u-VEN va-yish-KAV et-bil-HA pi-le-GESH a-VIV va-yish-MA yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU be-nei-ya-a-KOV she-NEIM a-SAR
In context — Genesis 35:22
and it happened while dwelling Israel in the land that went Reuben he lay with Bilhah concubine of his father heard of it Israel were the sons of Jacob two ten
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 35:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע (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.35.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.22.W12.S1) and character.