וַיָּ֨שֶׂם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֨שֶׂם

   va-ya-SEM

   and he set
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר

   va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR

   and he set the king of Assyria
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר עַל־חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃

   va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV

   and he set the king of Assyria upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundreds a talent of silver and thirty a talent of gold
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֣ה אֶל־מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֩ לָכִ֨ישָׁה לֵאמֹ֤ר חָטָ֙אתִי֙ שׁ֣וּב מֵֽעָלַ֔י אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלַ֖י אֶשָּׂ֑א וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר עַל־חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃

   va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV

   and he sent Hezekiah king of Judah to the king of Assyria to Lachish saying I have sinned turn back from upon me which you will give upon me I will bear and he set the king of Assyria upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundreds a talent of silver and thirty a talent of gold

Exegesis

The second sequence opens with vayasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāśem} ‘and he imposed’, emphasizing Assyrian agency, and enumerates tribute with numerals shlosh-meot {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת | šĕlōš meʾōṯ} and ushlo-shim {וּשְׁלֹשִׁים | ū-šlāšîm} linked to material designations kikar-kesef {כִּכַּר־כֶּסֶף | kikkar-ḵēsep} and kikar-zahav {כִּכַּר זָהָב | kikkar-zāhāḇ}. The Hebrew SVO order and vav-consecutives maintain narrative flow and legal precision.