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

Result
וַ + יָּ + שִׂ֖י + מוּ
va + ya + si + mu
vayasimu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-SI-mu

  2. clause

    va-ya-SI-mu va-SE-la BEI-tam

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.