וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ

   va-ye-si-ME-hu

   and he set him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ שָׁא֔וּל

   va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL

   and he set him Saul
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֨א דָוִ֜ד בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁלָחֶ֤נּוּ שָׁאוּל֙ יַשְׂכִּ֔יל וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ שָׁא֔וּל עַ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה

   va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA

   and he went out David in all which or that he would send him Saul he would act wisely or prosper and he set him Saul over men of the war
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֨א דָוִ֜ד בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁלָחֶ֤נּוּ שָׁאוּל֙ יַשְׂכִּ֔יל וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ שָׁא֔וּל עַ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּיטַב֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם וְגַ֕ם בְּעֵינֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֥י שָׁאֽוּל׃

   va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL

   and he went out David in all which or that he would send him Saul he would act wisely or prosper and he set him Saul over men of the war and it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of servants of Saul

Exegesis

The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to indicate chronological progression: vayetze {וַיֵּצֵ֨א | wayyeṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’, vayyasimehu {וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ | wayyasimehû} ‘and he appointed him’, and vayyiṭāv {וַיִּיטַב֙ | wayyiṭāv} ‘and it was pleasing’.