Genesis 45:2:6Gen.45.2.W6PAT
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע
vayishma
“heard”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MA
- Extended
- vah-yish-MAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- heard
- French
- entendit
- Spanish
- oyó
- Portuguese
- ouviu
- German
- hörte
- Russian
- услышал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَمِعَ
- Hindi
- सुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 听见了
- Korean
- 들었다
- Indonesian
- mendengar
- Bengali
- শুনল
- Tagalog
- at nakarinig
- Swahili
- ilisikia
- Amharic
- ሰማ
- Yoruba
- gbọ́
- Igbo
- nụrụ
- Twi
- tee
- Ewe
- se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + מַ֖ע
↓
va + yish + ma
↓
vayishma
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-MA
- clause
va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O
- sentence
va-yit-TEN et-ko-LO biv-KHI va-yish-me-U mits-RA-yim va-yish-MA BEIT par-O
In context — Genesis 45:2
He raised his voice while weeping heard the Egyptians heard household of Pharaoh
About this coordinate
Genesis 45:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 45:2, 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.45.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.2.W6.S1) and character.