1 Samuel 13:17:11 Sam.13.17.W1TAB
וַיֵּצֵ֧א
vayetse
“and went out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSE
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT
- clause
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA el-E-rets shu-AL
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav consecutive in the Qal imperfect vayyetse {וַיֵּצֵ֧א | wayyēṣēʼ} ‘and went out,’ providing immediate momentum.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:17
And the raiding party went out from the camp of the Philistines in three detachments; one detachment turned toward the road to Ophrah, toward the land of Shual.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצֵ֧א (vayetse) 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 Sam.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W1.S1) and character.