יֵֽצֵא־נָ֞א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יֵֽצֵא־נָ֞א

   ye-TSE-NA

   please let go out or let come out
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֗ב יֵֽצֵא־נָ֞א אָבִ֤י וְאִמִּי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵדַ֔ע מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֖י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

   va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM

   and he said to the king of Moab please let go out or let come out my father and my mother with you until which or that I know what he will do for me God
3. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד מִשָּׁ֖ם מִצְפֵּ֣ה מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֗ב יֵֽצֵא־נָ֞א אָבִ֤י וְאִמִּי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵדַ֔ע מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֖י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

   va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM mits-PE mo-AV va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM

   and he went David from there Mizpeh Moab and he said to the king of Moab please let go out or let come out my father and my mother with you until which or that I know what he will do for me God

Exegesis

David’s direct address employs the qal jussive with particle nâ in yēṣē’-nâ {יֵצֵא־נָא | yēṣē’-nâ} ‘may he go out, please let’, conveying respectful entreaty and informing the formal rendering “Please let.”

Root and etymology

y-ṣ-ʾ🔊 י־צ־אy-ṣ-ʾ

“to go out, exit”