Genesis 31:21:7Gen.31.21.W7PAT

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם

vayasem

set

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

Meaning by language

English
set
French
tourna
Spanish
dirigió
Portuguese
dirigiu
German
richtete
Russian
обратил
Arabic-Simplified
جَعَلَ
Hindi
फेर दिया
Chinese-Simplified
转向
Korean
돌렸다
Indonesian
mengarahkan
Bengali
ফিরাল
Tagalog
itinuon
Swahili
akaelekeza
Amharic
አዞረ
Yoruba
ó fi
Igbo
ọ tụgharịrị
Twi
kierɛɛ
Ewe
tsɔ

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Result
וַ + יָּ֥ + 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 et-pa-NAV

  3. clause

    va-ya-SEM et-pa-NAV HAR ha-gil-AD

  4. sentence

    va-yiv-RAKH HU ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-KAM va-ya-a-VOR et-ha-na-HAR va-ya-SEM et-pa-NAV HAR ha-gil-AD

In contextGenesis 31:21

fled he and all that belonged to him he arose he crossed the river set his face toward the hill country of Gilead

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 31:21, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (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.31.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.21.W7.S1) and character.