Deuteronomy 21:2:1Deut.21.2.W1TAB
וְיָצְא֥וּ
veyatsu
“then shall go out”
- Transliteration
- ve-yats-U
- Extended
- veh-yats-UU
- IPA
- /vəjaṣˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then shall go out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yats-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha
- clause
ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha ve-shof-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha ve-shof-TE-kha u-mad-DE-du el-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive Qal imperfect veyatseq’u {וְיָצְאוּ | wə-yaṣ-’û} ‘and they shall go out’ followed by the coordinated construct subjects zekenekha {זְקֵנֶיךָ | zə-ḳē-nê-khā} ‘your elders’ and veshoftekha {וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָ | wə-šō-p̄ê-ṯê-khā} ‘your judges’, indicating communal leadership action.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:2
Then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities surrounding the slain .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְיָצְא֥וּ (veyatsu) 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 Deut.21.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.2.W1.S1) and character.