Numbers 21:8:7Num.21.8.W7TAB
וְשִׂ֥ים
vesim
“and set”
- Transliteration
- ve-SIM
- Extended
- veh-SEEM
- IPA
- /vəˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SIM o-TO
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES ve-ha-YA kol-ha-NA-shukh ve-ra-AH o-TO va-KHAI
In context — Numbers 21:8
And the LORD said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten looks at it and lives.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:8, so the Hebrew word וְשִׂ֥ים (vesim) 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 Num.21.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.8.W7.S1) and character.