Genesis 30:36:1Gen.30.36.W1PAT

וַיָּ֗שֶׂם

vayasem

he set

Transliteration
va-ya-SEM
Extended
vah-yah-SEHM
IPA
/vaj.jaː.ˈsɛm/

Meaning by language

English
he set
French
il plaça
Spanish
puso
Portuguese
pôs
German
er setzte
Russian
он установил
Arabic-Simplified
وَجَعَلَ
Hindi
उसने रखा
Chinese-Simplified
他设定了
Korean
그가 두었다
Indonesian
ia menempatkan
Bengali
সে স্থাপন করল
Tagalog
at inilagay niya
Swahili
akaweka
Amharic
አኖረ
Yoruba
ó fi sí
Igbo
o debere
Twi
ɔde too hɔ
Ewe
eɖo

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Result
וַ + יָּ֗ + 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. clause

    va-ya-SEM DE-rekh she-LO-shet ya-MIM be-NO u-VEN ya-a-KOV

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SEM DE-rekh she-LO-shet ya-MIM be-NO u-VEN ya-a-KOV ve-ya-a-KOV ro-EH et-TSON la-VAN ha-no-ta-ROT

In contextGenesis 30:36

he set a journey of three days between himself and Jacob and Jacob tended the flock of Laban the remaining

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 30:36, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֗שֶׂם (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.30.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.36.W1.S1) and character.