Jeremiah 19:8:1Jer.19.8.W1TAB
וְשַׂמְתִּי֙
vesamti
“and I will make or set”
- Transliteration
- ve-sam-TI
- Extended
- veh-sahm-TIY
- IPA
- /wəsamˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will make or set
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sam-TI
- clause
ve-sam-TI et-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-sham-MA ve-lish-re-KA
- sentence
ve-sam-TI et-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-sham-MA ve-lish-re-KA KOL o-VER a-LE-ha yish-SOM ve-yish-ROK al-KAL-ma-KO-te-ha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive vesamti {וְשַׂמְתִּי | wə-śam-tî} ‘and I will make’, introducing a divine decree of judgment.
In context — Jeremiah 19:8
And I will make this city a desolation and a hissing ; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְשַׂמְתִּי֙ (vesamti) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.8.W1.S1) and character.