Jeremiah 17:5:9Jer.17.5.W9TAB
וְשָׂ֥ם
vesam
“and makes”
- Transliteration
- ve-SAM
- Extended
- veh-SAAM
- IPA
- /baːʔaˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and makes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-SAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SAM ba-SAR
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-RUR ha-GE-ver a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM ve-SAM ba-SAR ze-RO-o
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-RUR ha-GE-ver a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM ve-SAM ba-SAR ze-RO-o u-min-ye-ho-VAH ya-SUR li-BO
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ contains two parallel verb phrases: yivtach {יִבְטַח | yibṭaḥ} ‘trusts’ + ba-adam {בָּאָדָם | bā-ʾādam} ‘in man’; and ve-sam {וְשָׂם | wə-sām} ‘and makes’ + basar {בָּשָׂר | bāsār} ‘flesh’ + zeroa'o {זְרֹע֑וֹ | zrōʿô} ‘his arm’, an idiom for human strength.
In context — Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD : “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm , and whose heart turns away from the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 17:5, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂ֥ם (vesam) 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 Jer.17.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.5.W9.S1) and character.