Exodus 17:14:8Exod.17.14.W8TAB

וְשִׂ֖ים

vesim

place

Transliteration
ve-SIM
Extended
veh-SEEM
IPA
/və.ˈsiːm/

Meaning by language

English
place

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Result
וְ + שִׂ֖ים
ve + sim
vesim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-SIM

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim

In contextExodus 17:14

The LORD said to Moses, “Write this in the scroll as a memorial , and speak it so that Joshua hears it, for I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 17:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 17:14, so the Hebrew word וְשִׂ֖ים (vesim) 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.17.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.14.W8.S1) and character.