Genesis 22:9:15Gen.22.9.W15PAT

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם

vayasem

placed

Transliteration
va-ya-SEM
Extended
vah-yaa-SEHM
IPA
/waj.jaː.ˈsɛm/

Meaning by language

English
placed
French
plaça
Spanish
puso
Portuguese
colocou
German
legte
Russian
положил
Arabic-Simplified
وضع
Hindi
रखा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
놓았다
Indonesian
meletakkan
Bengali
রাখলেন
Tagalog
inilagay
Swahili
akaweka
Amharic
አኖረ
Yoruba
gbe le
Igbo
tinyere
Twi
de too
Ewe
de

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Result
וַ + יָּ֤ + שֶׂם
va + ya + sem
vayasem

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-SEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-SEM o-TO

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-KOD et-yits-KHAK be-NO va-ya-SEM o-TO al-ha-miz-BE-akh mim-MA-al la-e-TSIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO-u el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER a-mar-LO ha-e-lo-HIM va-yi-VEN SHAM av-ra-HAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ya-a-ROKH et-ha-e-TSIM va-ya-a-KOD et-yits-KHAK be-NO va-ya-SEM o-TO al-ha-miz-BE-akh mim-MA-al la-e-TSIM

In contextGenesis 22:9

they came to the place which had told him about God Abraham built the altar there arranged the wood bound Isaac his son placed him on the altar on top of the wood

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 22:9, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (vayasem) 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 Gen.22.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.9.W15.S1) and character.