2 Samuel 14:3:72 Sam.14.3.W7TAB
וַיָּ֧שֶׂם
vayasem
“and he put”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SEM
- Extended
- vah-yah-SEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he put
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEM yo-AV
- clause
va-ya-SEM yo-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM be-FI-ha
- sentence
u-VA-t el-ha-ME-lekh ve-dib-BAR-te e-LAV ka-da-VAR ha-ZE va-ya-SEM yo-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM be-FI-ha
Exegesis
The correlated clauses joined by vav (wa-consecutive) maintain Hebrew syntactic linkage, culminating in va-yasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wa-yā-sem} ‘and he put,’ which foregrounds Joab’s agency.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:3
And you shall come to the king and speak to him according to this word ; and Joab put the words in her mouth .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 14:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (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 Sam.14.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.3.W7.S1) and character.