Hosea 13:1:7Hos.13.1.W7TAB
וַיֶּאְשַׁ֣ם
vayeesham
“and he became guilty or incurred guilt”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ESH-am
- Extended
- vah-yeh-EHSH-ahm
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛʔˈʃam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he became guilty or incurred guilt
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ESH-am
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-ESH-am ba-ba-AL
- clause
be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-ESH-am ba-ba-AL va-ya-MOT
- sentence
ke-da-BER e-fra-YIM re-TET na-SA HU be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-ESH-am ba-ba-AL va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The narrative uses the wayyiqtol sequence for progression: vayesham {וַיֶּאְשַׁם | wa-yē-ʾaš-šem} introduces the onset of guilt through Baal worship, signaled by the prepositional phrase babbaal {בַּבַּעַל | ba-bā-‘al}, which names the source of idolatry.
In context — Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Hosea 13:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאְשַׁ֣ם (vayeesham) 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 Hos.13.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.1.W7.S1) and character.