Exodus 15:22:5Exod.15.22.W5TAB
וַיֵּצְא֖וּ
vayetseu
“{And} they went out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-tse-U
- Extended
- vah-yeh-tseh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeː.tsə.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they went 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
va-ye-tse-U
- 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 sequential imperfects vayetse’u {וַיֵּצְא֖וּ | va-yē-ṣə-ʼû} ‘and they went out’ and vayelekhu {וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ | va-yē-lə-ḵû} ‘and they walked’ depict continuous movement toward el-midbar-shur {אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁ֑וּר | ʾel mid-bār-šūr} ‘wilderness of Shur.’
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 15:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּצְא֖וּ (vayetseu) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.22.W5.S1) and character.