Exodus 16:27:4Exod.16.27.W4TAB
יָצְא֥וּ
yatseu
“went out”
- Transliteration
- ya-tse-U
- Extended
- yah-tseh-OO
- IPA
- /jaː.tsəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-tse-U
- phraseyour reading level
ya-tse-U min-ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT ve-LO ma-tsa-U
Exegesis
The verb yatsau {יָצְאוּ | yāṣ-ʾû} ‘they went out’ with the prepositional phrase minhaam {מִן־הָעָם | min-hā-ʿām} specifies a subset of the community.
In context — Exodus 16:27
And it occurred on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:27, so the Hebrew word יָצְא֥וּ (yatseu) 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.16.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.27.W4.S1) and character.