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

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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 ba-SE-la

  3. clause

    ei-TAN mo-sha-VE-kha ve-SIM ba-SE-la ki-NE-kha

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.