Proverbs 30:26:4Prov.30.26.W4TAB
וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ
vayasimu
“yet they set or place”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SI-mu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SIH-moo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsiːmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- yet they set or place
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SI-mu
- clause
va-ya-SI-mu va-SE-la BEI-tam
- sentence
she-fa-NIM AM LO-A-tsum va-ya-SI-mu va-SE-la BEI-tam
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive imperfect vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂימוּ | way-yā-sî-mû} ‘and they set’ introduces the action clause.
In context — Proverbs 30:26
The conies are a people not mighty, yet they set their house in the rock .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 30:26, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ (vayasimu) 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 Prov.30.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.26.W4.S1) and character.