Judges 20:29:1Judg.20.29.W1TAB
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם
vayasem
“and placed”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-sem
- Extended
- vah-YAA-sehm
- IPA
- /vajˈjaː.sɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and placed
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-sem
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-sem yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YA-sem yis-ra-EL o-re-VIM el-ha-giv-A sa-VIV
Exegesis
The narrative action opens with the vav-consecutive verb wayyāśem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāśem} ‘and-He-set’, introducing a new military maneuver.
Root and etymology
Roots-y-m
“to place, set, appoint”
In context — Judges 20:29
And Israel set ambushers around Gibeah on every side.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:29, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (vayasem) 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.20.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.29.W1.S1) and character.