Genesis 9:23:5Gen.9.23.W5PAT

וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙

vayasimu

placed

Transliteration
va-ya-SI-mu
Extended
vah-yah-SEE-moo
IPA
/waj.jaˈsiː.muː/

Meaning by language

English
placed
French
mirent
Spanish
pusieron
Portuguese
puseram
German
legten
Russian
положили
Arabic-Simplified
وَضَعَا
Hindi
रखा
Chinese-Simplified
放置了
Korean
놓았다
Indonesian
menaruh
Bengali
রাখল
Tagalog
inilagay
Swahili
waliweka
Amharic
አኖሩ
Yoruba
gbe si
Igbo
tinyere
Twi
de too
Ewe
de

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + שִׂ֙י + מוּ֙
va + ya + si + mu
vayasimu

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
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-SI-mu

  2. clause

    va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U

In contextGenesis 9:23

Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ (vayasimu) 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.9.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W5.S1) and character.