Genesis 33:2:1Gen.33.2.W1PAT

וַיָּ֧שֶׂם

vayasem

he placed

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

Meaning by language

English
he placed
French
il plaça
Spanish
colocó
Portuguese
colocou
German
er stellte
Russian
он разместил
Arabic-Simplified
ووضع
Hindi
उसने रखा
Chinese-Simplified
他安置了
Korean
그가 두었다
Indonesian
ia menempatkan
Bengali
সে রাখল
Tagalog
at inilagay
Swahili
aliweka
Amharic
እርሱ አስቀመጠ
Yoruba
ó fi sí
Igbo
o debere
Twi
ɔde sii
Ewe
eɖo

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Result
וַ + יָּ֧ + 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-ha-she-fa-KHOT

  3. clause

    va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA

  4. sentence

    va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA ve-et-le-A vi-la-DE-ha a-kha-ro-NIM ve-et-ra-KHEL ve-et-yo-SEF a-kha-ro-NIM

In contextGenesis 33:2

he placed the maidservants and their children first and Leah and her children behind and Rachel and Joseph last

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 33:2, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (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.33.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.2.W1.S1) and character.