1 Samuel 19:13:41 Sam.19.13.W4TAB
וַתָּ֙שֶׂם֙
vatasem
“and she set”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-SEM
- Extended
- vah-taa-SEHM
- IPA
- /vat.taːˈsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she set
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-SEM
- clause
va-tik-KHAKH mi-KHAL et-ha-te-ra-FIM va-ta-SEM el-ha-mi-TA ve-ET ke-VIR ha-iz-ZIM sa-MA me-ra-a-sho-TAV
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH mi-KHAL et-ha-te-ra-FIM va-ta-SEM el-ha-mi-TA ve-ET ke-VIR ha-iz-ZIM sa-MA me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-te-KHAS bab-ba-GED
Exegesis
The verb vattasem {וַתָּשֶׂם | wa-tā-sem} ‘and she put’ governs the prepositional phrase el ha-mittah {אֶל־הַמִּטָּה | ʾel-hā-mit-tāh} ‘on the bed’.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:13
And Michal took the teraphim and placed them on the bed, put the goats’ hair pillow at its head, and covered it with a garment.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word וַתָּ֙שֶׂם֙ (vatasem) 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 Sam.19.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.13.W4.S1) and character.