Numbers 24:21:8Num.24.21.W8TAB
וְשִׂ֥ים
vesim
“and you set”
- Transliteration
- ve-SIM
- Extended
- veh-SEEM
- IPA
- /vəˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SIM ba-SE-la
- clause
ei-TAN mo-sha-VE-kha ve-SIM ba-SE-la ki-NE-kha
- sentence
va-yar et-ha-KEI-ni va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR ei-TAN mo-sha-VE-kha ve-SIM ba-SE-la ki-NE-kha
In context — Numbers 24:21
And he saw the Kenite, and he lifted up his proverb and said, “Secure is your dwelling, and you set your nest in the rock .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 24:21, 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.24.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.21.W8.S1) and character.