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
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shim-U
- clause
ve-shim-U el-yis-ra-EL a-VI-khem
- sentence
hik-kov-TSU ve-shim-U be-NEI ya-a-KOV ve-shim-U el-yis-ra-EL a-VI-khem
In context — Genesis 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.