Genesis 37:27:9Gen.37.27.W9PAT
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ
vayishemeu
“and they listened”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-she-me-U
- Extended
- vah-yih-sheh-meh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.mə.ˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they listened
- French
- et ils écoutèrent
- Spanish
- y escucharon
- Portuguese
- e ouviram
- German
- und sie hörten
- Russian
- и послушали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسمعوا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就听从了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 들었다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka mendengarkan
- Bengali
- এবং তারা শুনল
- Tagalog
- at nakinig sila
- Swahili
- nao wakasikiliza
- Amharic
- እና ሰሙ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sì gbọ́
- Igbo
- ha wee nụ
- Twi
- na wɔtiee
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-yi-she-me-U
- clause
va-yi-she-me-U e-KHAV
- sentence
le-KHU ve-ni-me-ke-RE-nu la-yi-she-me-e-LIM ve-ya-DE-nu al-te-hi-VO ki-a-KHI-nu ve-sa-RE-nu HU va-yi-she-me-U e-KHAV
In context — Genesis 37:27
come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and our hand let it not be on him for our brother our flesh he and they listened his brothers
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 37:27, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (vayishemeu) 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.37.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.27.W9.S1) and character.