2 Kings 21:7:12 Kgs.21.7.W1TAB
וַיָּ֕שֶׂם
vayasem
“and he set”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SEM
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he set
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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-ya-SEM
- clause
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with wayyāšem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāšem} ‘and he set’, linking the action to the preceding account.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — 2 Kings 21:7
And he set the carved image of Asherah which he had made in the house , of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֕שֶׂם (vayasem) 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 2 Kgs.21.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W1.S1) and character.