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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ֨ + שַׂר
va + ya + sar
vayasar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-SAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.