Leviticus 8:18:5Lev.8.18.W5PAT

וַֽיִּסְמְכ֞וּ

vayismekhu

and they laid

Transliteration
va-yis-me-KHU
Extended
vah-yis-me-KHOO
IPA
/vaj.jis.məˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they laid
French
et ils posèrent
Spanish
y pusieron
Portuguese
e puseram
German
und sie legten
Russian
и они возложили
Arabic-Simplified
ووضعوا
Hindi
और उन्होंने रखा
Chinese-Simplified
并且他们放上了
Korean
그리고 그들이 놓았다
Indonesian
dan mereka meletakkan
Bengali
এবং তারা রাখল
Tagalog
at inilagay nila
Swahili
na wakaweka
Amharic
እና አኖሩ
Yoruba
àti pé wọ́n tẹ̀
Igbo
na ha tinyere
Twi
na wɔde guu
Ewe
eye wòde

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Result
וַֽ + יִּסְ + מְ + כ֞וּ
va + yis + me + khu
vayismekhu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-me-KHU

  2. clause

    va-yis-me-KHU a-ha-RON u-va-NAV et-ye-DEI-hem al-ROSH ha-a-YIL

  3. sentence

    va-yak-REV ET EIL ha-o-LAH va-yis-me-KHU a-ha-RON u-va-NAV et-ye-DEI-hem al-ROSH ha-a-YIL

In contextLeviticus 8:18

Then he brought near the ram the burnt offering Aaron and his sons and they laid their hands on the head of the ram

About this coordinate

Leviticus 8:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 8:18, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּסְמְכ֞וּ (vayismekhu) 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 Lev.8.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.8.18.W5.S1) and character.