1 Samuel 18:6:71 Sam.18.6.W7TAB

וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה

vatetsena

and they came out

Transliteration
va-te-TSE-na
Extended
vah-tee-TSEH-nah
IPA
/vat.tseːˈt͡sɛʔnaː/

Meaning by language

English
and they came out

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Result
וַ + תֵּ + צֶ֨א + נָה
va + te + tse + na
vatetsena

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tsadets as in cats
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-TSE-na

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM

Exegesis

The main clause unfolds with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect wat·tē·ṣē·nâ {וַתֵּצֶאנָה | wat·tē·ṣē·nâ} ‘and they went out,’ where hanāšîm {הַנָּשִׁים | han·naš·šîm} ‘the women’ serve as the subject.

In context1 Samuel 18:6

And it happened as they returned, when David had struck down the Philistine, that the women went out from all the cities of Israel to sing and to dance to meet Saul the king with tambourines and with joy , and with stringed instruments.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה (vatetsena) 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.18.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W7.S1) and character.