Judges 16:3:13Judg.16.3.W13TAB

וַיִּסָּעֵם֙

vayissaem

and he pulled them up

Transliteration
va-yis-sa-EM
Extended
vah-yis-saa-EEM
IPA
/vaj.jis.saːˈʕeːm/

Meaning by language

English
and he pulled them up

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Result
וַ + יִּס + סָּ + עֵם֙
va + yis + sa + em
vayissaem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-sa-EM

  2. clause

    va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV

  3. sentence

    va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV va-ya-a-LEM el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI khev-RON

Exegesis

The verbs wayyīsā’em {וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ | wayyīsā’em} ‘and he carried them,’ wayyāsem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāsem} ‘and he placed them,’ and wayya‘ălêm {וַיַּעֲלֵם֙ | wayya‘ălêm} ‘and he brought them up’ map Piel, Qal, and Hiphil stems respectively.

In contextJudges 16:3

Samson lay down until midnight, and then he arose and grasped the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, carried them together with the bolt, placed them on his shoulders, and brought them up to the top of the mountain that faces Hebron .

About this coordinate

Judges 16:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ (vayissaem) 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 Judg.16.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.3.W13.S1) and character.