1 Chronicles 20:3:41 Chr.20.3.W4TAB
וַיָּ֨שַׂר
vayasar
“and he set”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SAR
- Extended
- vah-yah-SAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he set
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA
- clause
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON va-ya-SHAV da-VID ve-KHOL-ha-AM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The causative hotzi {הוֹצִיא | hō-ṣî} issues David’s command to remove them, followed by yasar {וַיָּשַׂר | wayyā-śar} linking the people to the task instruments.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:3
And as for the people who were in it, he brought them out and assigned them to work with saws , and with sharp tools of iron, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֨שַׂר (vayasar) 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 1 Chr.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.3.W4.S1) and character.