2 Samuel 18:1:62 Sam.18.1.W6TAB
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם
vayasem
“and he set or placed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SEM
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SEHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he set or placed
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem
- clause
va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
- sentence
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is marked by the vav-consecutive verbs vayifqod {וַיִּפְקֹד | va-yip-qōd} ‘and he mustered’ and vayasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | va-yā-sem} ‘and he appointed’, linking sequential actions.
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:1
And David mustered the people who were with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (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.18.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.1.W6.S1) and character.