Genesis 39:22:12Gen.39.22.W12TAB
עֹשִׂים֙
osim
“they do”
- Transliteration
- o-SIM
- Extended
- oh-SEEM
- IPA
- /ʕoˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- they do
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET KOL-a-SHER o-SIM
- clause
ve-ET KOL-a-SHER o-SIM SHAM HU ha-YA o-SE
- sentence
va-yit-TEN SAR beit-ha-SO-har be-yad-yo-SEF ET KOL-ha-a-si-RIM a-SHER be-VEIT ha-SO-har ve-ET KOL-a-SHER o-SIM SHAM HU ha-YA o-SE
Exegesis
The coordinated objects introduced by et {אֵת | ʾēt} and wə-ʾēt {וְאֵת | wə-ʾēt} are kol-ha-asirim {כָּל־הָאֲסִירִים | kol-hā-ʾă-sî-rîm} ‘all the prisoners’ with a relative clause by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who were in the house of the prison,’ and kol-ʾăšer ʿōśîm {כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עֹשִׂים | kol-ʾă-šer ʿō-śîm} ‘all that they do,’ a nominal clause describing every action there.
In context — Genesis 39:22
And the chief of the house of the prison placed all the prisoners who were in the prison into the hand of Joseph; and whatever was done there, he was the one doing it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 39:22, so the Hebrew word עֹשִׂים֙ (osim) 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 Gen.39.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.22.W12.S1) and character.