Genesis 37:21:1Gen.37.21.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע
vayishma
“and he heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he heard
- French
- et il entendit
- Spanish
- y oyó
- Portuguese
- e ouviu
- German
- und er hörte
- Russian
- и услышал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَمِعَ
- Hindi
- और उसने सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就听见了
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 들었다
- Indonesian
- dan ia mendengar
- Bengali
- আর সে শুনল
- Tagalog
- at narinig niya
- Swahili
- akasikia
- Amharic
- እርሱም ሰማ
- Yoruba
- ó sì gbọ́
- Igbo
- o wee nụ
- Twi
- na ɔtee
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN
- clause
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM
- sentence
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM va-YO-mer LO na-KEN-nu NA-fesh
In context — Genesis 37:21
and he heard Reuben and he rescued him from their hand and he said not let us strike him life
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:21, 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.37.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.21.W1.S1) and character.