Genesis 4:15:9Gen.4.15.W9PAT

וַיָּ֨שֶׂם

vayasem

{He} set

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

Meaning by language

English
{He} set
French
mit
Spanish
puso
Portuguese
pôs
German
setzte
Russian
поставил
Arabic-Simplified
وضع
Hindi
रखा
Chinese-Simplified
放了
Korean
두셨다
Indonesian
menaruh
Bengali
স্থাপন করলেন
Tagalog
naglagay
Swahili
akaweka
Amharic
አኖረ
Yoruba
fi
Igbo
tinyere
Twi
de sii
Ewe
de

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Result
וַ + יָּ֨ + 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 Ye-ho-VAH le-KA-yin

  3. clause

    va-ya-SEM Ye-ho-VAH le-KA-yin OT le-vil-TI ha-kot-o-TO kol-mo-tse-O

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEN kol-ho-REG KA-yin shiv-a-TA-yim yu-KAM va-ya-SEM Ye-ho-VAH le-KA-yin OT le-vil-TI ha-kot-o-TO kol-mo-tse-O

In contextGenesis 4:15

therefore LORD {He} said to him whoever kills Cain will be avenged sevenfold LORD {He} set on Cain a mark lest whoever finds him strike him

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 4:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (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.4.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.15.W9.S1) and character.