וּצְא֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּצְא֣וּ

   u-tse-U

   and come out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּצְא֣וּ אֵלַ֔י

   u-tse-U e-LAI

   and come out to me
3. clause🔊 כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֗וּר עֲשֽׂוּ־אִתִּ֤י בְרָכָה֙ וּצְא֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאִכְל֤וּ אִישׁ־גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְאִ֣ישׁ תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹ וּשְׁת֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ מֵֽי־בוֹרֽוֹ׃

   KI KHO a-MAR ME-lekh a-SHUR a-su-it-TI ve-ra-KHA u-tse-U e-LAI ve-ikh-LU ish-gaf-NO ve-ISH te-e-NA-to u-she-TU ISH ME-vo-RO

   for thus said king Assyria make with me a blessing and come out to me and eat each man his vine and each man his fig tree and drink each man water of his cistern
4. sentence🔊 אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֗וּר עֲשֽׂוּ־אִתִּ֤י בְרָכָה֙ וּצְא֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאִכְל֤וּ אִישׁ־גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְאִ֣ישׁ תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹ וּשְׁת֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ מֵֽי־בוֹרֽוֹ׃

   al-tish-me-U el-khiz-ki-YA-hu KI KHO a-MAR ME-lekh a-SHUR a-su-it-TI ve-ra-KHA u-tse-U e-LAI ve-ikh-LU ish-gaf-NO ve-ISH te-e-NA-to u-she-TU ISH ME-vo-RO

   do not listen to Hezekiah for thus said king Assyria make with me a blessing and come out to me and eat each man his vine and each man his fig tree and drink each man water of his cistern

Exegesis

The paired imperatives asu {עֲשׂוּ | ʿăśû} ‘make’ and utze’u {וּצְא֣וּ | ûṣəʾû} ‘and come out’ propose a formal agreement, with berâḵâ {בְּרָכָה | berâḵâ} ‘treaty’ signaling diplomatic commitment.