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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sam-TAM
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.