Exodus 39:19:5Exod.39.19.W5TAB
וַיָּשִׂ֕ימוּ
vayasimu
“{And} they placed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SI-mu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SEE-moo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsiː.muː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they placed
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-mu
- clause
va-ya-a-SU she-TEI tab-be-OT za-HAV va-ya-SI-mu al-she-NEI ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU she-TEI tab-be-OT za-HAV va-ya-SI-mu al-she-NEI ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen al-se-fa-TO a-SHER el-E-ver ha-e-FOD bai-TA
Exegesis
The verse uses a vav-consecutive narrative sequence, linking vayya'asu {וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֗וּ | way·ya·‘ă·sû} ‘and they made’ to vayyasimu {וַיָּשִׂ֕ימוּ | way·yā·śî·mû} ‘and they placed’ to present successive actions in the cultic assembly.
In context — Exodus 39:19
And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two edges of the breastpiece, on its edge beside the ephod facing inward.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 39:19, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשִׂ֕ימוּ (vayasimu) 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.39.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.19.W5.S1) and character.