וַיָּ֤שֶׂם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם

   va-ya-SEM

   and he put or placed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם דָּוִיד֙

   va-ya-SEM da-VID

   and he put or placed David
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם דָּוִיד֙ בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק וַיְהִ֤י אֲרָם֙ לְדָוִ֔יד עֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י מִנְחָ֑ה

   va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha

   and he put or placed David in Aram or Syria Dammesek or Damascus and it was or and they became Aram or Syria to David or for David servants bearing or bringing tribute or gift offering
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם דָּוִיד֙ בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק וַיְהִ֤י אֲרָם֙ לְדָוִ֔יד עֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י מִנְחָ֑ה וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֔יד בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽךְ׃

   va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH

   and he put or placed David in Aram or Syria Dammesek or Damascus and it was or and they became Aram or Syria to David or for David servants bearing or bringing tribute or gift offering and he saved or delivered the LORD to David or for David in all or with all which or that he went

Exegesis

The initial wayyā́šem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyā́šem} ‘and he placed’ with the construct ba-ʾArām Darmḗśeq {בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶשֶׂק | ba-ʾArām Darmḗśeq} locates David’s garrison deployment.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־שׂ־םyod–shin–mem

“to place”

• 🔊 שֵׂםšēmhe placedGenesis 4:4