Numbers 21:9:5Num.21.9.W5TAB
וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ
vayisimehu
“and he set it”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-si-ME-hu
- Extended
- vah-yi-sih-MEH-hu
- IPA
- /vaj.siˈmeː.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he set it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-si-ME-hu
- clause
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ne-KHASH ne-KHO-shet va-yi-si-ME-hu al-ha-NES
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ne-KHASH ne-KHO-shet va-yi-si-ME-hu al-ha-NES ve-ha-YA im-na-SHAKH ha-na-KHASH et-ISH ve-hi-BIT el-ne-KHASH ha-ne-KHO-shet va-KHAI
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in wayyĭśīmēhû {וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ | wayyĭśîmēhû} ‘and he set it’ retains Moses as the actor.
In context — Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of bronze and set it upon the standard ; and it came to pass, if a serpent bit any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent he lived.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ (vayisimehu) 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.21.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.9.W5.S1) and character.