Genesis 49:2:5Gen.49.2.W5PAT

וְשִׁמְע֖וּ

veshimu

and listen

Transliteration
ve-shim-U
Extended
veh-shim-OO
IPA
/və.ʃim.ˈʕuː/

Meaning by language

English
and listen
French
et écoutez
Spanish
y escuchad
Portuguese
e ouvi
German
und hört
Russian
и слушайте
Arabic-Simplified
وَاسْمَعُوا
Hindi
और सुनो
Chinese-Simplified
并且听
Korean
그리고 들어라
Indonesian
dan dengarkan
Bengali
এবং শোনো
Tagalog
at makinig
Swahili
na sikilizeni
Amharic
እና ስሙ
Yoruba
kí ẹ sì gbọ́
Igbo
na nụ
Twi
na monyɛ aso
Ewe
eye se

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + שִׁמְ + ע֖וּ
ve + shim + u
veshimu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-shim-U

  2. clause

    ve-shim-U el-yis-ra-EL a-VI-khem

  3. sentence

    hik-kov-TSU ve-shim-U be-NEI ya-a-KOV ve-shim-U el-yis-ra-EL a-VI-khem

In contextGenesis 49:2

Assemble yourselves and listen sons of Jacob and listen to Israel your father

About this coordinate

Genesis 49:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:2, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁמְע֖וּ (veshimu) 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.49.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.2.W5.S1) and character.