וַיֵּצֵ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֥א

   va-ye-TSE

   and he went out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א

   va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO

   and he went out and he came in
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

   va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO lif-NE ha-AM

   and he went out and he came in before the people
4. sentence🔊 וַיְסִרֵ֤הוּ שָׁאוּל֙ מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ ל֖וֹ שַׂר־אָ֑לֶף וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

   va-ye-si-RE-hu sha-UL me-im-MO va-ye-si-ME-hu LO sar-A-lef va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO lif-NE ha-AM

   and he removed him Saul from with him and he set him for him or to him commander of a thousand and he went out and he came in before the people

Exegesis

The paired verbs vayetze vayavo {וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א | wayyəṣēʼ wayyāḇōʼ} form a synonymous parallelism for campaign activity, and the phrase lifnei haam {לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם | lip̄nê hā-ʿām} “before the people” emphasizes public visibility. The English renderings preserve verb order and idiomatic sense by mirroring “went out” and “came in” (formal) or “march out and return” (dynamic).

Root and etymology

“to go out”

• 🔊 יֹצֵאyotségoing outNumbers 21:35