יָצְא֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָצְא֣וּ

   ya-TSE-u

   went out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָצְא֣וּ לְמֵא֔וֹת

   ya-TSE-u le-me-OT

   went out by hundreds
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְכָל־הָעָם֙ יָצְא֣וּ לְמֵא֔וֹת וּלְאַלָפִֽים׃

   va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh el-YAD ha-SHA-ar ve-KHOL-ha-AM ya-TSE-u le-me-OT u-le-a-la-FIM

   and he stood the king beside the hand of or at the side of the gate and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְכָל־הָעָם֙ יָצְא֣וּ לְמֵא֔וֹת וּלְאַלָפִֽים׃

   va-YO-mer a-LE-hem ha-ME-lekh a-sher-YI-tav be-e-NE-khem e-e-SE va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh el-YAD ha-SHA-ar ve-KHOL-ha-AM ya-TSE-u le-me-OT u-le-a-la-FIM

   and he said to them the king which will be good in your eyes I will do and he stood the king beside the hand of or at the side of the gate and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands

Exegesis

Finally, the distributive phrase yatse‘u leme‘ot vela‘alafim {יָצְאוּ לְמֵאוֹת וְלַאֲלָפִים | ya-tse-u le-me-ot ve-la-a-la-fim} employs the perfect verb and plural nouns to express groups in hundreds and thousands, illustrating Hebrew asyndeton and distributive plural formation.