1 Samuel 18:5:11 Sam.18.5.W1TAB

וַיֵּצֵ֨א

vayetse

and he went out

Transliteration
va-ye-TSE
Extended
vah-yee-TSEE
IPA
/vaj.jeːˈtseː/

Meaning by language

English
and he went out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ + צֵ֨א
va + ye + tse
vayetse

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tsadets as in cats
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-TSE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-TSE da-VID

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL

Exegesis

The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to indicate chronological progression: vayetze {וַיֵּצֵ֨א | wayyeṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’, vayyasimehu {וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ | wayyasimehû} ‘and he appointed him’, and vayyiṭāv {וַיִּיטַב֙ | wayyiṭāv} ‘and it was pleasing’.

Root and etymology

to go out

In context1 Samuel 18:5

And David went out wherever Saul sent him and acted wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war , and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצֵ֨א (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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.5.W1.S1) and character.