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

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Result
וְ + שִׂ֥ים
ve + sim
vesim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-SIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-SIM o-TO

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.