2 Kings 15:20:12 Kgs.15.20.W1TAB
וַיֹּצֵא֩
vayotse
“and he brought out”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-TSE
- Extended
- vah-yoh-TSEE
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he brought out
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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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef
- clause
va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD va-ya-SHAV ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-LO-a-MAD SHAM ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The clause opens with wayyotse {וַיֹּצֵא֩ | wayyōṣēʾ} ‘he brought out,’ a causative form that frames the payment as something Menahem actively extracts rather than a voluntary gift.
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Tsade–Aleph
“to go out, bring out”
In context — 2 Kings 15:20
Menahem levied the silver from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealthy means, to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man. Then the king of Assyria turned back and did not remain there in the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּצֵא֩ (vayotse) 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 2 Kgs.15.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.20.W1.S1) and character.