Job 39:6:1Job.39.6.W1TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי
ashersamti
“whom I set or placed”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-SAM-ti
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-SAHM-tih
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.ˈsam.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom I set or placed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
a-SHER-SAM-ti
- clause
a-SHER-SAM-ti a-ra-VA BE-to
- sentence
a-SHER-SAM-ti a-ra-VA BE-to u-mish-ke-no-TAI-v me-LE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’, linking back to the wild donkey in the preceding context.
The verb samti {שַׂמְתִּי | săm-tî} ‘I placed’ (Qal perfect first person singular) foregrounds divine agency.
Root and etymology
s-y-msin–yod–mem
“to set, to place”
In context — Job 39:6
For him I have made the steppe his house and the salt land his dwelling places.
About this coordinate
Job 39:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 39:6, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי (ashersamti) 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 Job.39.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.39.6.W1.S1) and character.