Genesis 24:9:1Gen.24.9.W1PAT

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם

vayasem

placed

Transliteration
va-YA-sem
Extended
vah-YAA-sehm
IPA
/vaj.ˈjaː.sɛm/

Meaning by language

English
placed
French
plaça
Spanish
colocó
Portuguese
colocou
German
legte
Russian
положил
Arabic-Simplified
فوضع
Hindi
रखा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
두었다
Indonesian
meletakkan
Bengali
রাখল
Tagalog
inilagay
Swahili
aliweka
Amharic
አኖረ
Yoruba
fi
Igbo
tinye
Twi
de sii
Ewe
tsɔ

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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 ha-E-ved

  3. clause

    va-YA-sem ha-E-ved et-ya-DO TA-khat YE-rekh av-ra-HAM a-do-NAV

  4. sentence

    va-YA-sem ha-E-ved et-ya-DO TA-khat YE-rekh av-ra-HAM a-do-NAV va-yish-SHA-va LO al-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH

In contextGenesis 24:9

the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master swore to him concerning the matter this

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:9, 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.24.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.9.W1.S1) and character.