יָשִׂ֖ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָשִׂ֖ים

   ya-SIM

   he places
2. clause🔊 כִּי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמֵהַגֵּר֮ אֲשֶׁר־יָג֣וּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְיִנָּזֵ֣ר מֵֽאַחֲרַ֗י וְיַ֤עַל גִּלּוּלָיו֙ אֶל־לִבּ֔וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עֲוֺנ֔וֹ יָשִׂ֖ים נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֑יו

   KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV

   for a man a man from the house of Israel and from the sojourner who sojourns in Israel and separates himself from after me and brings up his idols to his heart and a stumbling block of his iniquity he places straight in front of his face
3. sentence🔊 כִּי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמֵהַגֵּר֮ אֲשֶׁר־יָג֣וּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְיִנָּזֵ֣ר מֵֽאַחֲרַ֗י וְיַ֤עַל גִּלּוּלָיו֙ אֶל־לִבּ֔וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עֲוֺנ֔וֹ יָשִׂ֖ים נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֑יו וּבָ֤א אֶל־הַנָּבִיא֙ לִדְרָשׁ־ל֣וֹ בִ֔י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה נַֽעֲנֶה־לּ֖וֹ בִּֽי׃

   KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI lid-RASH-LO VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-LO BI

   for a man a man from the house of Israel and from the sojourner who sojourns in Israel and separates himself from after me and brings up his idols to his heart and a stumbling block of his iniquity he places straight in front of his face and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself by me I LORD will be answered to him by me

Exegesis

The construct chains gil-lu-lāv ʾel-lib-bô {גִּלּוּלָיו אֶל־לִבּוֹ | gil-lu-lāv ʾel-lib-bô} ‘his idols to his heart’ and u-mikh-šôl ʿa-vō-nô yā-šîm no-khaḥ pā-nāv {וּמִכְשׁוֹל עֲוֺנוֹ יָשִׂים נֹכַח פָּנָיו | u-mikh-šôl ʿa-vō-nô yā-šîm no-khaḥ pā-nāv} ‘the stumbling block of his iniquity he puts before his face’ use vivid imagery.