Genesis 47:6:16Gen.47.6.W16PAT

וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם

vesamtam

and appoint them

Transliteration
ve-sam-TAM
Extended
veh-sahm-TAHM
IPA
/və.samˈtaːm/

Meaning by language

English
and appoint them
French
et place-les
Spanish
y ponlos
Portuguese
e põe-os
German
und setse sie ein
Russian
и поставь их
Arabic-Simplified
فاجعلهم
Hindi
और उन्हें नियुक्त कर
Chinese-Simplified
就派他们
Korean
그리고 그들을 세워라
Indonesian
dan tempatkan mereka
Bengali
আর তাদের নিযুক্ত কর
Tagalog
at ilagay mo sila
Swahili
na uwaweke
Amharic
እና አስቀምጣቸው
Yoruba
àti fi wọn sí
Igbo
ma tinye ha
Twi
na hyɛ wɔn
Ewe
eye nàtsɔ woaɖo

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Result
וְ + שַׂמְ + תָּ֛ם
ve + sam + tam
vesamtam

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sam-TAM

  2. clause

    yesh-VU be-E-rets GO-shen ve-im-ya-DA-ta ve-yesh-BAM an-shei-KHA-yil ve-sam-TAM sa-REI mik-NEH al-a-sher-LI

  3. sentence

    E-rets mits-ra-YIM le-fa-NE-kha HI be-mei-TAV ha-A-rets ho-SHEV et-a-VI-kha ve-et-a-KHE-kha yesh-VU be-E-rets GO-shen ve-im-ya-DA-ta ve-yesh-BAM an-shei-KHA-yil ve-sam-TAM sa-REI mik-NEH al-a-sher-LI

In contextGenesis 47:6

land of Egypt before you it in the best part of the land settle your father and your brothers dwell in the land of Goshen and if you know and among them are men of ability and appoint them chiefs of livestock over what is mine

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 47:6, so the Hebrew word וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם (vesamtam) 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.47.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.6.W16.S1) and character.