Exodus 15:22:1Exod.15.22.W1TAB
וַיַּסַּ֨ע
vayassa
“{And He} caused to set out”
- Transliteration
- va-yas-SA
- Extended
- vah-yahs-SAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jas.ˈsaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} caused to set out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yas-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yas-SA mo-SHE et-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yas-SA mo-SHE et-yis-ra-EL mi-yam-SUF va-ye-tse-U el-mid-bar-SHUR
- sentence
va-yas-SA mo-SHE et-yis-ra-EL mi-yam-SUF va-ye-tse-U el-mid-bar-SHUR va-ye-le-KHU she-lo-shet-ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-lo-MA-tse-u MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb wayyatsa {וַיַּסַּ֨ע | way-ya-ṣáʿ} ‘and he set out,’ establishing sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
y-s-ʿyod–samech–ayin
“to set out”
In context — Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel out from the Sea of Reeds into the wilderness of Shur. They journeyed three days in the wilderness and did not find water.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 15:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּסַּ֨ע (vayassa) 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 Exod.15.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.22.W1.S1) and character.