Exodus 17:12:5Exod.17.12.W5TAB
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ
vayasimoo
“{And} they put”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SI-moo
- Extended
- vah-yah-SEE-moo
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈsiː.muː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SI-moo
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV
- clause
vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha
- sentence
vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
A sequence of wayyiqtol verbs—vayikchu {וַיִּקְחוּ | way-yiq-ḥû} ‘took,’ vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂימוּ | way-yā-śî-mû} ‘placed,’ and vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yê-šeḇ} ‘sat’—drives the narrative momentum.
In context — Exodus 17:12
When the hands of Moses became heavy, they brought a stone and set it beneath him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on each side, so that his hands stayed steady until the sun went down.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ (vayasimoo) 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 Exod.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W5.S1) and character.