2 Samuel 15:17:12 Sam.15.17.W1TAB
וַיֵּצֵ֥א
vayetsay
“and he went out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSAY
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSAY
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈtseːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-TSAY
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV va-ya-am-DU BET ha-mer-KHAK
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayetse {וַיֵּצֵ֥א | wayyeṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’, introducing hamelekh {הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | hammeleḵ} ‘the king’ as subject.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:17
And the king went out, and all the people traveled on foot . They halted at the last house .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצֵ֥א (vayetsay) 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 Sam.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.17.W1.S1) and character.