1 Kings 20:17:11 Kgs.20.17.W1TAB
וַיֵּצְא֗וּ
vayetsu
“and they went out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-tsu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːtsˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-tsu
- clause
va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the waw-consecutive imperfect wayyēṣēʾû {וַיֵּצְאוּ | wayyēṣēʾû} ‘and they went out’, marking sequential action.
In context — 1 Kings 20:17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they informed him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצְא֗וּ (vayetsu) 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 1 Kgs.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.17.W1.S1) and character.