וּשְׁמ֣וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּשְׁמ֣וֹ

   u-she-MO

   and his name
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י

   u-she-MO yi-SHAI

   and his name Jesse
3. clause🔊 וְדָוִד֩ בֶּן־אִ֨ישׁ אֶפְרָתִ֜י הַזֶּ֗ה מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י וְל֖וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה בָנִ֑ים

   ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM

   and David son of a man an Ephrathite this from the house of Bethlehem Judah and his name Jesse and to him or and he had eight sons
4. sentence🔊 וְדָוִד֩ בֶּן־אִ֨ישׁ אֶפְרָתִ֜י הַזֶּ֗ה מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י וְל֖וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וְהָאִישׁ֙ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל זָקֵ֖ן בָּ֥א בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃

   ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM

   and David son of a man an Ephrathite this from the house of Bethlehem Judah and his name Jesse and to him or and he had eight sons and the man in the days of Saul old going in or advanced among men

Exegesis

In the appositional clause ushmo Yishai {וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י | wə-šmô yišaʾy} ‘and his name Jesse’, the pronominal suffix conveys personal identification.